{"product_id":"european-empires-from-conquest-to-collapse-18151960-isbn-9781804291078","title":"European Empires from Conquest to Collapse, 1815-1960","description":"\u003cb\u003eNew edition of a trail-blazing history of imperial warfare\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEuropean Empires from Conquest to Collapse\u003c\/i\u003e is a vivid anticolonial reckoning with the history of imperial warfare. Global in scope, it deftly surveys the fighting forces and military engagements of the Great Powers, from the British in India to the scramble for Africa. Victor Kiernan lays bare the doctrines and realities of colonial fighting, dispelling official legends. Europe often boasted that coloni- alism was ‘civilised’, but the facts show it could be barbaric. Kiernan traces how guerrilla insurgency against colonial oppression developed into one of the most sophisticated branches of the art of war.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a foreword by Tariq Ali, author of \u003ci\u003eWinston Churchill: His Times, His Crimes\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003ci\u003eForeword by Tariq Ali\u003cbr\u003eEditor’s Preface\u003cbr\u003eAuthor’s Preface\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e1. Europe and the World in 1815\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. The European Armies\u003cbr\u003ei. Introductory\u003cbr\u003eii. The British army\u003cbr\u003eiii. Royal and Company forces in India\u003cbr\u003eiv. Foreign armies\u003cbr\u003ev. Arms and the men\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. Indian Wars\u003cbr\u003ei. Conquest completed\u003cbr\u003eii. India expanding\u003cbr\u003eiii. The Mutiny\u003cbr\u003eiv. The new Indian army\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. Britain and Russia: Wars of the Borderlands\u003cbr\u003ei. The Caucasus and the first Afghan War\u003cbr\u003eii. Central Asia and the second Afghan War\u003cbr\u003eiii. The watch on the Indian frontiers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Wars in Northern Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e6. Wars in Black Africa\u003cbr\u003ei. Kingdoms and Republics\u003cbr\u003eii. Tribes and villages\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e7. Wars of Two Oceans\u003cbr\u003ei. The British in the Pacific\u003cbr\u003eii. The Dutch in the Archipelago\u003cbr\u003eiii. The French in Indochina\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. Rebellions\u003cbr\u003ei. European settlers\u003cbr\u003eii. Non-European peoples\u003cbr\u003eiii. European solidarity and the Boxer Rebellion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. A Century of War\u003cbr\u003ei. Advance of military technology 123\u003cbr\u003eii. Food, drink, health\u003cbr\u003eiii. The soldier’s vocation\u003cbr\u003eiv. Native troops, and the cost of conquest\u003cbr\u003ev. The resistance\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. Civilization and Barbarism\u003cbr\u003ei. The civilizing mission, and religion\u003cbr\u003eii. Doctrines of colonial war\u003cbr\u003eiii. Realities of colonial war\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11. Europe and Its Conquests\u003cbr\u003ei. Publicity and the public\u003cbr\u003eii. Political consequences\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. The Great War\u003cbr\u003ei. The colonial background of 1914\u003cbr\u003eii. Colonial forces and campaigns\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13. Challenge and Response: 1919–45\u003cbr\u003ei. New empire problems\u003cbr\u003eii. New technology\u003cbr\u003eiii. Imperialism and fascism\u003cbr\u003eiv. The Second World War\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14. The Dismantling of the Empires\u003cbr\u003ei. A new era\u003cbr\u003eii. Wars of liberation against France\u003cbr\u003eiii. Black Africa\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15. Epilogue\"A much-needed survey of European colonial campaigns, brilliant in the choice of examples from an extraordinarily wide reading.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Eric Hobsbawm, \u003ci\u003eLondon Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"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.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eThe Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eVictor Kiernan\u003c\/b\u003e (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 \u003ci\u003eLords of Human Kind\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAmerica: The New Imperialism\u003c\/i\u003e, and studies of Horace and Shakespeare.","brand":"Verso","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46303133991141,"sku":"NP9781804291078","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781804291078.jpg?v=1767726405","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/european-empires-from-conquest-to-collapse-18151960-isbn-9781804291078","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}