Guardians of empire : the armed forces of the colonial powers c. 1700-1964

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Guardians of empire : the armed forces of the colonial powers c. 1700-1964

edited by David Omissi and David Killingray

(Studies in imperialism / general editor, John M. MacKenzie)

Manchester University Press, 1999

  • : pbk

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"distributed exclusively in the USA by St. Martin's Press"

Includes bibliographical references and index

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ISBN 9780719057342

Description

For imperialists, the concept of guardian is specifically to the armed forces that kept watch on the frontiers and in the heartlands of imperial territories. Large parts of Asia and Africa, and the islands of the Pacific and the Caribbean were imperial possessions. This book discusses how military requirements and North Indian military culture, shaped the cantonments and considers the problems posed by venereal diseases and alcohol, and the sanitary strategies pursued to combat them. The trans-border Pathan tribes remained an insistent problem in Indian defence between 1849 and 1947. The book examines the process by which the Dutch elite recruited military allies, and the contribution of Indonesian soldiers to the actual fighting. The idea of naval guardianship as expressed in the campaign against the South Pacific labour trade is examined. The book reveals the extent of military influence of the Schutztruppen on the political developments in the German protectorates in German South-West Africa and German East Africa. The U.S. Army, charged with defending the Pacific possessions of the Philippines and Hawaii, encountered a predicament similar to that of the mythological Cerberus. The regimentation of military families linked access to women with reliable service, and enabled the King's African Rifles to inspire a high level of discipline in its African soldiers, askaris. The book explains the political and military pressures which drove successive French governments to widen the scope of French military operations in Algeria between 1954 and 1958. It also explores gender issues and African colonial armies. -- .

Table of Contents

  • Guardians of empire, David Killingray
  • imperial vice - sex, drink and the health of British troops in North Indian cantonments, 1800-58, Douglas Peers
  • the recruitment of Indonesian soldiers for the Dutch Colonial Army, c.1700-1950, Japp de Moor
  • too-zealous guardians? the Royal Navy and the South Pacific labour trade, Jane Samson
  • military power in German colonial policy - the "schutztruppen" and their leaders in East and South-West Africa, 1888-1918, Kirsten Zirkel
  • Cerebrus' dilemma - the US Army and internal security in the Pacific, 1902-40, Brian Linn
  • "watch and ward" - the Army in India and the North-West frontier, 1920-39, Tim Moreman
  • all "askaris" are family men - sex, domesticity and discipline in the King's African Rifles, 1902-64, Timothy Parsons
  • the demobilized African soldier and the blow to white prestige, Frank Furedi
  • order before reform - the spread of French military operations in Algeria, 1954-58, Martin Thomas
  • gender issues and African colonial armies, David Killingray.
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: pbk ISBN 9780719057359

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An exploration of the ways in which armies and armed forces were involved in the making, the maintenance and the loss of overseas empires. The volume ranges widely in time and space. Besides chapters on the British Empire in Africa, Asia and Oceana, there are also essays on Algeria, the Duth East Indies, the Germans in Africa and the American Empire in the Pacific. While not neglecting the traditional concerns of the military historian, the book also explores some of the themes of the "new" military history, including gender and sexuality, race and discipline, and the policing of the labour trade.

Table of Contents

  • Guardians of empire, David Killingray
  • imperial vice - sex, drink and the health of British troops in North Indian cantonments, 1800-58, Douglas Peers
  • the recruitment of Indonesian soldiers for the Dutch Colonial Army, c.1700-1950, Japp de Moor
  • too-zealous guardians? the Royal Navy and the South Pacific labour trade, Jane Samson
  • military power in German colonial policy - the "schutztruppen" and their leaders in East and South-West Africa, 1888-1918, Kirsten Zirkel
  • Cerebrus' dilemma - the US Army and internal security in the Pacific, 1902-40, Brian Linn
  • "watch and ward" - the Army in India and the North-West frontier, 1920-39, Tim Moreman
  • all "askaris" are family men - sex, domesticity and discipline in the King's African Rifles, 1902-64, Timothy Parsons
  • the demobilized African soldier and the blow to white prestige, Frank Furedi
  • order before reform - the spread of French military operations in Algeria, 1954-58, Martin Thomas
  • gender issues and African colonial armies, David Killingray.

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