title: I. Introduction And Review Of The Sources
abstract: This chapter gives an introduction on Ottoman involvement in Crimean War of 1853-1856. It was fought not just in the Crimea: in the lower Danube, in the Black Sea, in the Baltic, White and Pacific Seas, and in the Caucasus. The political, economic, social and intellectual impact of the war on the Ottoman state and society are also discussed. Territorially the Ottoman Empire did not make any significant gain, but it was exhausted economically and morally. Ann Pottinger Saab's book is one of the f