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Title: Queen Victoria's Little Wars by Byron Farwell ISBN: 0-393-30235-0 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 July, 1985 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $15.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 4.46 (13 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: information interesting, text boring
Comment: Queen Victoria fought more wars in her time then any queen in english history. Under Victoria the british government was involved in countless wars in the colonies across the world. This was the era of the great british empire, that the sun never set on. THis book details these wars from the war against the SIhks to the wars in Sudan and the Boer war and many more. Churchill wrote anumber of books on this period as well including his book the 'River war'. Unfortuantly this read tries to compact all these fascinating events into a single volume, but the text is horribly boring and tedious. Its a great resource and one of the only books of its kind(that focus on the entire period and detail every small skirmish and battle). It should be updated by a writer who will help you live history rather then a writer who writes like sheep, like a plodding lawnmower.
Rating: 5
Summary: An interesting and useful work on the British colonial wars
Comment: Magnificent job,describes the various military expeditions, little wars, rebellions, mutinies(well only one was the only big threat to the Queen Victoria Empire, the Indian Mutiny)and all the small affairs to repel a proboked attack, to save or to protect resident Britons, to avenge an insult or to stop any other Empire from extending it.
A lively and compelling study of the Savage wars of peace and the eccentric personalities who fought them,from 1837 to 1901 continuos warfare to protect British Interest in Asia, Canada, Africa, Arabia, this is not a complete work but is one of the best, Mr. Farwell gave us a fascinating overview highly readable with many entertaining historical anecdotes of British colonial wars and bloody confrontations, well written.
I know that there are other works that name all the battles or small campaigns(like the work of Philip J. Haythornthwaite "The Colonial Wars Source Book")but a fascinating and exciting story that was omitted was the Fashoda Incident,this was going to be one of the greatest collision of rival imperial ambitions, the French with their historic claims of the Nile try to take control of a small town call Fashoda and this was a big threat to the British control of the Suez Canal and Egypt so after the famous battle of Omdurman Kitchener was send to stop the young Colonel Marchand, at the end the Fashoda crisis was eventually resolved, the British gave the French a free hand on Morrocco and the French forget about Egypt.
Even with out this the author made an exciting book and a valuable addition to military history, maps and pictures,well laid out, nice appendix, one on the British Regiment system essential to understand the British Military Mind and the other a easy to follow list of the Little wars from 1837 to 1901 this is a partial record of the conflicts for the "PAX BRITANNICA"
Rating: 3
Summary: An interesting read...but lacking important information.
Comment: As an introduction to the period, this is a superb piece of narrative non-fiction; despite being published originally in the early 1970s, the book is decidedly Victorian in style and execution, though very approachable in style
Nevertheless, individuals seeking a deeper understanding will doubtless leave feeling unfulfilled; the book lacks in certain information - dates of key battles, for example, are completely neglected, while details of said battles are sparse. The Ashanti and Maori Wars deserved more than "also ran" mentions. A good read, sadly falling flat of its potential.
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Title: Mr. Kipling's Army by Byron Farwell ISBN: 0393304442 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 August, 1987 List Price(USD): $12.95 |
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Title: Boer War by Thomas Pakenham ISBN: 0380720019 Publisher: Perennial Pub. Date: 01 December, 1992 List Price(USD): $21.95 |
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Title: The Great War in Africa, 1914-1918 by Byron Farwell ISBN: 0393305643 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 August, 1989 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: Eminent Victorian Soldiers: Seekers of Glory by Byron Farwell ISBN: 0393305333 Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Pub. Date: 01 July, 1988 List Price(USD): $14.95 |
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Title: Crimea: The Great Crimean War, 1854-1856 by Trevor Royle ISBN: 1403964165 Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan Pub. Date: 01 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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