ThisisanewhistoryofBritain’simperialwarsduringthenineteenthcentury.Includingchaptersonwarsfoughtinthehills,ontheveldt,inthedenseforests,andalongthecoast,itdiscusseswarswagedinChina,Burma,Afghanistan,andIndia/Pakistan;NewZealand;and,West,East,andSouthAfrica.LeadingmilitaryhistoriansfromaroundtheworldsituatetheindividualconflictinthelargercontextofBritishdomestichistoryandBritishforeignpolicy/grandstrategyandexaminethebackgroundoftheconflict,thewaraims,theoutbreakofthewar,theforcesandtechnologyemployed,anarrativeofthewar,detailsaboutonespecificbattle,andtheaftermathofthewar.BeginningwiththeIndianRebellionandendingwiththeSouthAfricanWar,itenablesreaderstoseetheglobalimpactofBritishimperialism,thefunctionofthearmyintheserviceofBritishpoliticalgoals,andtheevolutionofmilitarytechnology.