Guardians of empire : the armed forces of the colonial powers c. 1700-1964

Guardians of empire : the armed forces of the colonial powers c. 1700-1964 / edited by David Killingray and David Omissi.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Killingray, David, Omissi, David E., 1960-
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Manchester ; New York : New York : Manchester University Press ; Distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press, c1999.
Series:Studies in imperialism (Manchester, England)
Subjects:
Armies, Colonial > History.
Imperialism > History.
Table of Contents:
  • Guardians of empire / David Killingray
  • Imperial vice: sex, drink and the health of British troops in North Indian cantonments, 1800-1858 / Douglas M. Peers
  • The recruitment of Indonesian soldiers for the Dutch Colonial Army, c. 1700-1950 / Jaap de Moor
  • Too zealous guardians? the Royal Navy and the South Pacific labour trade / Jane Samson
  • Military power in German colonial policy: the Schutztruppen and their leaders in East and Southwest Africa, 1888-1918 / Kirsten Zirkel
  • Cerberus' dilemma: the US Army and internal security in the Pacific, 1902-1940 / Brian McAllister Linn
  • 'Watch and ward': the Army in India and the northwest frontier, 1920-1939 / Tim Moreman
  • All askaris are family men: sex, domesticity and discipline in the King's African Rifles, 1902-1964 / Timothy Parsons
  • The demobilized African soldier and the blow to white prestige / Frank Furedi
  • Order before reform: the spread of French military operations in Algeria, 1954-1958 / Martin Thomas
  • Gender issues and African colonial armies / David Killingray.

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