War and Empire : The Expansion of Britain, 1790-1830.

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of maps -- Acknowledgements -- Preface -- PART ONE War, empire and British identity -- 1 War and empire: the contested connection -- 2 British militarism -- PART TWO The war against Republican France -- 3 Containing France in Europe, 1793-95 -- 4 The expanded contest, 1793-97 -- 5 The Irish rebellion, 1796-98 -- 6 Renewing alliances and positioning for peace, 1798-1801 -- PART THREE Military imperialism in India -- 7 India: Military efficiency and Mysore, 1790-92 -- 8 Imperial expansionism and Mysore, 1798-99 -- 9 Expansionism against the Marathas, 1802-05 -- PART FOUR The war against Napoleon -- 10 The quest for objectives, 1803-08 -- 11 The Iberian Peninsula commitment, 1808-12 -- 12 Victory in Spain and France, 1813-14 -- PART FIVE Britain's global reach -- 13 The war of 1812 -- 14 The Waterloo campaign: lessons learned? -- 15 Completing British paramountcy in India, 1814-19 -- PART SIX The impact of war -- 16 Instruments of power -- 17 Aristocracy and British military culture -- 18 Interventions overseas, 1820-30 -- 19 Britain as a global power, 1815-30 -- Index.

Bringing naval and military campaigns together, this book demonstrates the sheer scale and reach of Britains power during an intense phase of warfare from 1790 to 1830. The book also considers the impact of this period of warfare on the British state, showing how, at the national level, Britain became both the worlds leading commercial country whilst operating as a global military and naval power.

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