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George White and the Victorian Army in India and Africa: Serving the Empire

Autor Stephen M. Miller
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 17 noi 2021
This book offers a detailed investigation of George S. White’s career in the British Army. It explores late Victorian military conflicts, British power dynamics in Africa and Asia, civil-military relations on the fringes of the empire, and networks of advancement in the army. White served in the Indian Rebellion and, twenty years later, the Second Anglo-Afghan War, where he earned the Victoria Cross. After serving in the Sudan campaign, White returned to India and held commands during the conquest and pacification of Upper Burma and the extension of British control over Balochistan, and, as Commander-in-Chief, sent expeditions to the North-West Frontier and oversaw major military reforms. Just before the start of the South African War, White was given the command of the Natal Field Force. This force was besieged in Ladysmith for 118 days. Relieved in 1900, White was heralded as the “Defender of Ladysmith.” He was made Field-Marshal in 1903.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9783030508364
ISBN-10: 3030508366
Pagini: 323
Ilustrații: IX, 323 p. 8 illus., 2 illus. in color.
Dimensiuni: 148 x 210 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Ediția:1st ed. 2020
Editura: Springer International Publishing
Colecția Palgrave Macmillan
Locul publicării:Cham, Switzerland

Cuprins

1. Introduction.- 2. The Start of a Military Career (1853–1878) .- 3. Recognition in Afghanistan (1878–1884).- 4. The Making of a General: War and the Occupation of Upper Burma (1885–1889).- 5. On the Edge of Empire: Baluchistan (1889–1892).- 6. Commander-in-Chief, India: Administrator (1893–1898).- 7. Commander-in-Chief, India: Campaigns (1893–1898).- 8. The Outbreak of the South African War (1899).- 9. The Defender of Ladysmith (1899–1900.- 10. Ending a Career on the Rock (1900–1912).- 11. Conclusion.

Recenzii

“Florence Nightingale at Home makes a strong case for renewed attention to Nightingale’s career as a nursing pioneer and as an imperial sanitary reformer. … The book … demonstrates the importance of the notion of domesticity for rethinking and rescaling analyses of social bodies, nations, empires … ecologies.” (Richard Bonfiglio, Victorian Studies, Vol. 65 (1), 2022)

Notă biografică

Stephen M. Miller is Adelaide C. and Alan L. Bird Professor and Chair of the Department of History at the University of Maine, USA. His research focuses on the British Army and the South African War.


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This book offers a detailed investigation of George S. White’s career in the British Army. It explores late Victorian military conflicts, British power dynamics in Africa and Asia, civil-military relations on the fringes of the empire, and networks of advancement in the army. White served in the Indian Rebellion and, twenty years later, the Second Anglo-Afghan War, where he earned the Victoria Cross. After serving in the Sudan campaign, White returned to India and held commands during the conquest and pacification of Upper Burma and the extension of British control over Balochistan, and, as Commander-in-Chief, sent expeditions to the North-West Frontier and oversaw major military reforms. Just before the start of the South African War, White was given the command of the Natal Field Force. This force was besieged in Ladysmith for 118 days. Relieved in 1900, White was heralded as the “Defender of Ladysmith.” He was made Field-Marshal in 1903.


Caracteristici

Explores late Victorian military conflicts, British power relations in Africa and in Asia, networks of advancement in the British army, and popular attitudes of the army Based on White’s personal papers held by the India Office, which have been almost completely overlooked by historians Offers insights into many military, imperial and social issues related to Victorian Britain/Ireland and the empire