Format:
Online-Ressource (533 p)
ISBN:
9780582494220
Series Statement:
Modern Wars In Perspective
Content:
The years 1790 to 1830 saw Britain engage in an extensive period of war-waging and empire-building which transformed its position as an imperial state, established its reputation as a distinctive military power and secured naval preeminence.Despite this apparent success, Britain did not become a world super power in the conventional sense. Instead, as Professor Collins demonstrates, it operated as an enclave power, influencing or dominating many regions of the world without ever asserting global hegemony. Even in the 1820s, Britain still had to fight to maintain influence, and sometimes strugg
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Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of maps; Acknowledgements; Preface; PART ONE War, empire and British identity; 1 War and empire: the contested connection; 2 British militarism; PART TWO The war against Republican France; 3 Containing France in Europe, 1793-95; 4 The expanded contest, 1793-97; 5 The Irish rebellion, 1796-98; 6 Renewing alliances and positioning for peace, 1798-1801; PART THREE Military imperialism in India; 7 India: Military efficiency and Mysore, 1790-92; 8 Imperial expansionism and Mysore, 1798-99
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9 Expansionism against the Marathas, 1802-05PART FOUR The war against Napoleon; 10 The quest for objectives, 1803-08; 11 The Iberian Peninsula commitment, 1808-12; 12 Victory in Spain and France, 1813-14; PART FIVE Britain's global reach; 13 The war of 1812; 14 The Waterloo campaign: lessons learned?; 15 Completing British paramountcy in India, 1814-19; PART SIX The impact of war; 16 Instruments of power; 17 Aristocracy and British military culture; 18 Interventions overseas, 1820-30; 19 Britain as a global power, 1815-30; Index
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781317870777
Additional Edition:
ISBN 9780582494220
Additional Edition:
Print version War and Empire : The Expansion of Britain, 1790-1830
Language:
English
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