European Empires from Conquest to Collapse, 1815-1960
By V.G. Kiernan
Foreword by Tariq Ali
By V.G. Kiernan
Foreword by Tariq Ali
By V.G. Kiernan
Foreword by Tariq Ali
By V.G. Kiernan
Foreword by Tariq Ali
Category: European World History | World War II Military History
Category: European World History | World War II Military History
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$34.95
Apr 09, 2024 | ISBN 9781804291078
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Apr 09, 2024 | ISBN 9781804291092
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Praise
“A much-needed survey of European colonial campaigns, brilliant in the choice of examples from an extraordinarily wide reading.”
—Eric Hobsbawm, London Review of Books
“One of Britain’s foremost historians working in the Marxist tradition. His time in India, which remained closer to heart than any other country, significantly influenced how he came to view European imperialism.”
—The Times
Table Of Contents
Foreword by Tariq Ali
Editor’s Preface
Author’s Preface
1. Europe and the World in 1815
2. The European Armies
i. Introductory
ii. The British army
iii. Royal and Company forces in India
iv. Foreign armies
v. Arms and the men
3. Indian Wars
i. Conquest completed
ii. India expanding
iii. The Mutiny
iv. The new Indian army
4. Britain and Russia: Wars of the Borderlands
i. The Caucasus and the first Afghan War
ii. Central Asia and the second Afghan War
iii. The watch on the Indian frontiers
5. Wars in Northern Africa
6. Wars in Black Africa
i. Kingdoms and Republics
ii. Tribes and villages
7. Wars of Two Oceans
i. The British in the Pacific
ii. The Dutch in the Archipelago
iii. The French in Indochina
8. Rebellions
i. European settlers
ii. Non-European peoples
iii. European solidarity and the Boxer Rebellion
9. A Century of War
i. Advance of military technology 123
ii. Food, drink, health
iii. The soldier’s vocation
iv. Native troops, and the cost of conquest
v. The resistance
10. Civilization and Barbarism
i. The civilizing mission, and religion
ii. Doctrines of colonial war
iii. Realities of colonial war
11. Europe and Its Conquests
i. Publicity and the public
ii. Political consequences
12. The Great War
i. The colonial background of 1914
ii. Colonial forces and campaigns
13. Challenge and Response: 1919–45
i. New empire problems
ii. New technology
iii. Imperialism and fascism
iv. The Second World War
14. The Dismantling of the Empires
i. A new era
ii. Wars of liberation against France
iii. Black Africa
15. Epilogue
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