Analyzes the British imperial experience from the American Revolution to the present day

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Product Description: During Queen Victoria’s reign, British power and Empire were at their zenith. Yet almost every year English troops saw action in some part of the globe, from Ghana’s equatorial rainforests to New Zealand’s green hills. They usually won—but this fascinating history, now with a new introduction, considers those times when the Queen’s soldiers suffered calamitous defeats...read more

Traces the events and historical figures surrounding the Boer War, discussing what the conflict revealed about the British military and British imperialism, challenging common conceptions about the agendas of both sides, and linking the war to the apartheid era.

Product Description: With exclusive and unrestricted access to her personal diaries and private letters, Denis Judd paints an intriguing portrait of one of the most successful, creative and troubled children's authors of modern times.

Product Description: The memoirs of Sir Ian Scott are an important contribution to our understanding of Britain's history from before the Second World War until the late 1960s. Setting down his recollections of a long and distinguished career spent mainly in the Indian Civil Service but also as a Foreign Office official and finally as a British ambassador, Sir Ian paints an entertaining and illuminating picture of many different places...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)