Farwell Queen Victoria's little wars

From 1837 to 1901, in Asia, China, Canada, Africa, and elsewhere, military expedition were constantly being undertaken to protect resident Britons or British interests, to extend a frontier, to repel an attack, avenge an insult, or suppress a mutiny or rebellion. Continuous warfare became an accepted way of life in the Victorian era, and in the process the size of the British Empire quadrupled.

Wordsworth Editions, Wordsworth Military Library, 1999, 394p, with bibliography and index, illustrated, paperback, kleine beschadiging onderaan rug, goede staat