Book contents
- Queen Victoria’s Wars
- Queen Victoria’s Wars
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Maps
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Indian Rebellion, 1857–1858
- 3 Punitive Expeditions in China, 1857–1860
- 4 The Expedition to Abyssinia, 1867–1868
- 5 The New Zealand Wars, 1845–1872
- 6 The Third Anglo-Asante War, 1873–1874
- 7 The Second Afghan War, 1878–1880
- 8 The Anglo-Zulu War, 1879
- 9 The First Anglo-Boer War, 1880–1881
- 10 Egypt and the Sudan, 1881–1885
- 11 The Third Anglo-Burmese War and the Pacification of Burma, 1885–1895
- 12 The Tirah Campaign, 1897–1898
- 13 Reconquest of the Sudan, 1896–1898
- 14 The South African War, 1899–1902
- 15 Conclusion
- Index
1 - Introduction
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Book contents
- Queen Victoria’s Wars
- Queen Victoria’s Wars
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Maps
- Contributors
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Introduction
- 2 The Indian Rebellion, 1857–1858
- 3 Punitive Expeditions in China, 1857–1860
- 4 The Expedition to Abyssinia, 1867–1868
- 5 The New Zealand Wars, 1845–1872
- 6 The Third Anglo-Asante War, 1873–1874
- 7 The Second Afghan War, 1878–1880
- 8 The Anglo-Zulu War, 1879
- 9 The First Anglo-Boer War, 1880–1881
- 10 Egypt and the Sudan, 1881–1885
- 11 The Third Anglo-Burmese War and the Pacification of Burma, 1885–1895
- 12 The Tirah Campaign, 1897–1898
- 13 Reconquest of the Sudan, 1896–1898
- 14 The South African War, 1899–1902
- 15 Conclusion
- Index
Summary
The introduction will give a brief overview of the military history of the Victorian period and situate the significance of these conflicts in the larger context of British domestic history and British foreign policy/grand strategy. There will also be a discussion of the layout of the book and the individual chapters.
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- Queen Victoria's WarsBritish Military Campaigns, 1857–1902, pp. 1 - 7Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2021