Distant drums : the role of colonies in British imperial warfare / Ashley Jackson.
Distant drums : the role of colonies in British imperial warfare / Ashley Jackson.
Distant drums : the role of colonies in British imperial warfare / Ashley Jackson.
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Publisher
Brighton [England] ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 2010.
Date
2010.
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N355.00917/2
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Language
English
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Physical content
xix, 339 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Contents
The British colonial empire and imperial warfare -- The role of colonies in imperial defence -- The evolution of Ceylon as a martial colony, 1760-1960 -- The First World War in the Indian Ocean region -- The First World War in a colonial backwater : the Bechuanaland protectorate and the Caprivi stri...
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Publisher
Brighton [England] ; Portland, Or. : Sussex Academic Press, 2010.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
2010.
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Summary
"Distant Drums reveals how colonies were central to the defence of the British Empire and the command of the oceans that underpinned it. It blends sweeping overviews of the nature of imperial defence with grass-roots explanations of how individual colonies were mobilized for war, drawing on the author's specialist knowledge of the Indian Ocean and...
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Distant drums : the role of colonies in British imperial warfare / Ashley Jackson.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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N355.00917/2
Record Identifier
74VveQAR2eNZ
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VveQAR2eNZ
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ISBN
1845193490 (acid-free paper)
9781845193492 (acid-free paper)
DDC
355.009171241
MMS ID
991017174049702626
