Queen Victoria''s Wars - British Military Campaigns, 18571902

Offers a revised and updated history of thirteen of the most significant British conflicts during the Victorian period.

List of contents

1. Introduction Stephen M. Miller; 2. The Indian Rebellion, 1857-1858 Douglas M. Peers; 3. Punitive expeditions in China, 1857-1860 Bruce Collins; 4. The expedition to Abyssinia, 1867-1868 Christopher Brice; 5. The New Zealand Wars, 1845-1872 John Crawford; 6. The Third Anglo-Asante War, 1873-1874 Ryan Patterson; 7. The Second Afghan War, 1878-1880 Rodney Atwood; 8. The Anglo-Zulu War, 1879 Ian Knight; 9. The First Anglo-Boer War, 1880-1881 John Laband; 10. Egypt and the Sudan, 1881-1885 Rob Johnson; 11. The Third Anglo-Burmese War and the pacification of Burma, 1885-1895 Ian F. W. Beckett; 12. The Tirah Campaign, 1897-1898 Sameetah Agha; 13. Reconquest of the Sudan, 1896-1898 Edward M. Spiers; 14. The South African War, 1899-1902 Stephen M. Miller; 15. Conclusion Stephen M. Miller.

Summary

This is a new history of Britain's imperial wars during the nineteenth century. Covering wars waged in Asia, New Zealand, and Africa, it traces the origins and outbreak of each war, the nature of the opposing forces, the goals of both sides, the course of the war, the nature of battle, the role of technology, and the war's aftermath.

Product details

• Authors: Stephen M. (University of Maine Miller
• Assisted by: Stephen M Miller (Editor), Stephen M. Miller (Editor), Stephen M. (University of Maine Miller (Editor), Miller Stephen M. (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.07.2021
• EAN: 9781108490122
• ISBN: 978-1-108-49012-2
• No. of pages: 334
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, European History, HISTORY / Military / General, military history, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, British & Irish history, United Kingdom, Great Britain, British Isles