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Victoria’s Enemies
An A-Z of British Colonial Warfare
By Donald Featherstone and published: 1989

This book provides a overview of Britain’s overseas wars and campaigns on five continents between 1837 and 1901. The book examines: tactics, weapons, uniforms or battle dress and equipment; all this in short, easily digestible chapters. This is the type of book that I won’t sit down and read cover to cover; I find it perfect to keep at hand, on the reading table, to pick up and consume a chapter at a time and usually not in any specific order. If you have an interest in British Colonial warfare, I recommend this book for your library, while not currently in print (at least not as far as I know) it is easy enough to find in used bookshops (online or otherwise).

Some Sample Content:

Contents:
The Abyssinians
The Afghans
The Ashanti
The Baluchi
The Boers
The Burmese
The Canadians
The Chinese
The Dervishes
The Egyptians
The Kaffirs
The Mahratta
The Maoris
The Persians
The Russians
The Sikhs
The Tribesmen of the North-West Frontier
The Zulu
The last section of the book includes sources

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