George White and the Victorian Army in India and Africa
Serving the Empire
Produktform: Buch / Einband - fest (Hardcover)
This book offers a detailed investigation of George S. White’s career in the British
Army. It explores late Victorian military conflicts, British power dynamics in
Africa and Asia, civil-military relations on the fringes of the empire, and networks
of advancement in the army. White served in the Indian Rebellion and, twenty
years later, the Second Anglo-Afghan War, where he earned the Victoria Cross.
After serving in the Sudan campaign, White returned to India and held commands
during the conquest and pacification of Upper Burma and the extension of British
control over Balochistan, and, as Commander-in-Chief, sent expeditions to the
North-West Frontier and oversaw major military reforms. Just before the start of
the South African War, White was given the command of the Natal Field Force.
This force was besieged in Ladysmith for 118 days. Relieved in 1900, White was
heralded as the “Defender of Ladysmith.” He was made Field-Marshal in 1903.“Once again, Stephen Miller shows he is a thorough researcher of that special kind, a master storyteller and brilliant analyst. George White the militarist, the administrator and the man comes to life in a gripping and well-balanced text. Surely White will now no longer be the “forgotten figure of British imperial military history.”
— Fransjohan Pretorius, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Pretoria, South Africaweiterlesen
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