New edition of a trail-blazing history of imperial warfare

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

Victor Kiernan (1913-2009) was Chair of Modern History at Edinburgh University. A member of the Communist Party Historians' Group with E. P. Thompson and Christopher Hill, he spent several years teaching in Lahore and translated the Urdu poets Iqbal and Faiz. His many books included Lords of Human Kind, America: The New Imperialism, and studies of Horace and Shakespeare.