Queen Victoria's Little Wars - Brossura

Farwell, Byron

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0393302350 ISBN 13: 9780393302356

Casa editrice: W W Norton & Co Inc, 1985

Riassunto

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.

But engrossing as these small wars are-and they bristle with bizarre, tragic, and often humorous incident-it is the officers and men who fought them that dominate this book. With their courage, foolhardiness, and eccentricities, they are an unforgettable lot.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: W W Norton & Co Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1985
• ISBN 10: 0393302350
• ISBN 13: 9780393302356
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 432