Reference books on British colonial wars including the Sudan Campaigns, Indian Mutiny, Sikh Wars and Afghanistan. These superb military books available from the Military Print Company. 

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The Rise and Fall of the British Empire by Lawrence James

Spanning four centuries and six continents, James' magnificent survey examines the imperial experience and its legacy with tremendous verve. Informed, comprehensive and perceptive, it is the essential summary of the era.

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Book serial number B11482. Fully illustrated hardback book with 714 pages.

The Colonial Wars Source Book by Philip J. Haythornthwaite

In the style which caused his Napoleonic Source Book and World War One Source Book to become mainstays of military history since their publication, Philip Haythornthwaite again brings his orderly thoroughness to the evaluation of the colonial warfare which afflicted the world in the 19th century.

The author has a masterly grasp of the most important element of grand strategy and the less vital but no less studied, aspects of uniform and equipment. He provides the finest single volume narrative reference on the subject with full coverage of events involving Britain, the Americas, Africa, the Far East, the Indian sub-continent and Australasia.

In addition to matters of battlefield action, weapons and tactics, the composition of the forces involved and the outcome and effect of campaigns, The Colonial Wars Source Book provides biographical details of the important personalities involved, an extensive glossary, a full chapter of sources and sundry fascinating quotes and anecdotes which interweave the entertaining and informative text.

Philip Haythornthwaite's earlier source books have been acclaimed as compendiums of information, vital components in the library of any military history student, and treasure trove of illustration; these qualities are all present in this outstanding contribution to the study of colonial warfare.

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Dervish by Philip Warner

Dervish is the  story of the rise and fall of an African Empire. It began in the Sudan in the 1880's with a localised 'Holy War' fought against 'decadent' Turkish/Egyptian overlords. It was led by Mohammed Ahmed Ibn Al-Sayid Abdullah - the Mahdi - and was soon to engulf a million square miles of arid territory. It forced the hand of a reluctant British Liberal Government, which was then approaching the zenith of its imperial power, and led to the disaster of the infamous Hicks expedition and the death of General Gordon at Khartoum.

Using first hand accounts and diaries of participants, the author brilliantly describes the growth of the Mahdist movement and the extraordinary devotion and discipline of the Dervish troops. set against them, with stoic endurance, were the British, Egyptian and Sudanese soldiers. The resulting fierce engagements inspired amazing feats of courage and daring on both sides. The Dervish Empire survived the death of the Mahdi by 13 years, ending at the Battle of Omdurman and Kitchener's reconquest of Sudan.

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Book serial number W7. Price £4.99. Fully illustrated paperback with 235 pages.

The Sudan Campaigns 1881-1898 by Robert Wilkinson-Latham and Michael Roffe

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Book price £8.99. Book serial number Osprey MA59.