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  E-mail Message: I thought you might be interested in this item at http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/38106514 Title: Colonial empires and armies, 1815-1960 Author: V G Kiernan Publisher: Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998. ISBN/ISSN: 0773517677 9780773517677 0773517669 9780773517660 OCLC:38106514

  
  

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Colonial empires and armies, 1815-1960

Author:	V G Kiernan
Publisher:	Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, 1998.
Series:	War and European society.
Edition/Format:	Print book : EnglishView all editions and formats
Summary:	"Beginning with the post-Napoleonic era, Colonial Empires and Armies presents the dramatic story of Europe's empire building, in which the military agents of European imperialism met the peoples of the rest of the world in armed conflict. V.G. Kiernan examines the manner in which the wars were conducted and their impact not only on the conquered societies but also on the societies which launched them. Kiernan addresses the ideology of empire -- the concept of the civilizing mission, the triumph of civilization over barbarism -- that the missionary organizations ardently supported. In reality, material profit was the prime motive, and he argues that colonialists and their propagandists did much to work up the nationalist rivalries and hatred which exploded in World War I. Interweaving brilliant sketches of imperial and colonial life with analysis of the changing balance of economic and political power, Kiernan concludes by describing how the colonial liberation movements turned the tables in the aftermath of World War II"--  Read more...
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Subjects	Military history, Modern -- 19th century. Military history, Modern -- 20th century. Europe -- Colonies -- History -- 19th century. View all subjects
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