History Of Warfare: Wars Of Empire

Part of the Cassell 'History Of Warfare' series, a multi-volume history of war and warfare from ancient to modern times.

'Wars Of Empire' is about more than mere clashes of arms. It is about clashes between civilisations, wars fought between peoples of radically different mentalities, of different levels of political organisation and of contrasting technological capabilities. It chronicles the period of the great African land rush, the Russian advance over Central Asia, American imperialism and the expansion of the British Empire across the globe.

In 'Wars of Empire' Douglas Porch describes the rise and fall of the great nineteenth-century imperial powers. He explores the reasons for the supremacy of the empire builders, which was by no means assured, and economic, tactical and humanitarian reasons why such control was eventually unsustainable. Illustrated throughout with state-of-the-art maps and contemporary photographs and paintings, this is the definitive account of an often shameful but always fascinating period of world history.