The Parliamentary Dimension of the Crimean War

@article{Vincent1981ThePD,
  title={The Parliamentary Dimension of the Crimean War},
  author={John Russell Vincent},
  journal={Transactions of the Royal Historical Society},
  year={1981},
  volume={31},
  pages={37 - 49},
  url={https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:153338264}
}
The central issue in most wars is how to win. The central issue in the Crimean War was whether there should be a war. Throughout most of the war, the question of peace or war remained an open one… 
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