Introduction / Stephen M. Miller -- The Indian Rebellion, 1857-1858 / Douglas M. Peers -- Punitive expeditions in China, 1857-1860 / Bruce Collins -- The expedition to Abyssinia, 1867-1868 / Christopher Brice -- The New Zealand Wars, 1845-1872 / John Crawford -- The Third Anglo-Asante War, 1873-1874 / Ryan Patterson -- The Second Afghan War, 1878-1880 / Rodney Atwood -- The Anglo-Zulu War, 1879 / Ian Knight -- The First Anglo-Boer War, 1880-1881 / John Laband -- Egypt and the Sudan, 1881-1885 / Rob Johnson -- The Third Anglo-Burmese War and the pacification of Burma, 1885-1895 / Ian F. W. Beckett -- The Tirah Campaign, 1897-1898 / Sameetah Agha -- Reconquest of the Sudan, 1896-1898 / Edward M. Spiers -- The South African War, 1899-1902 / Stephen M. Miller -- Conclusion / Stephen M. Miller.
Summary:
This is a new history of Britain's imperial wars during the nineteenth century. Including chapters on wars fought in the hills, on the veldt, in the dense forests, and along the coast, it discusses wars waged in China, Burma, Afghanistan, and India/Pakistan; New Zealand; and, West, East, and South Africa. Leading military historians from around the world situate the individual conflict in the larger context of British domestic history and British foreign policy/grand strategy and examine the background of the conflict, the war aims, the outbreak of the war, the forces and technology employed, a narrative of the war, details about one specific battle, and the aftermath of the war. Beginning with the Indian Rebellion and ending with the South African War, it enables readers to see the global impact of British imperialism, the function of the army in the service of British political goals, and the evolution of military technology.
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