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“The Crimean War was the most useless war ever waged.” Comment.

  • UPSC 2000
  • Nation-State System

The Crimean War (1853-56), fought by Britain, France, Turkey and Sardinia-Piedmont against Russia, has long attracted the charge of futility — Robert Morier called it "the only perfectly useless war that has been waged."

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  • The Case That It Was Useless
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  • Weighing Futility Against Consequence

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