War and Empire : The Expansion of Britain, 1790-1830 (Paperback)

Preface and AcknowledgementsMaps Part One: War, empire and British identityChapter 1: War and empire: the contested connection Chapter 2: Britain'smilitarism Part Two: The War against Republican France Chapter 3: Containing France in Europe, 1793-95 Chapter 4: The expanded contest, 1793-97 Chapter 5: The Irish rebellion, 1796-98 Chapter 6: Renewing alliances and positioning for peace, 1798-1801 Part 3: Military imperialism in IndiaChapter 7: IndiaMilitary efficiency and Mysore, 1790-92 Chapter 8: Imperial expansionism and Mysore, 1798-99 Chapter 9: Expansionism against the Marathas, 1803-05 Part 4: The War against NapoleonChapter 10: The quest for objectives, 1803-08 Chapter 11: The Iberian Peninsular commitment, 1808-13 Chapter 12: Victory in Spain and France, 1813-14 Part 5: Britain's global reachChapter 13: The war of 1812 Chapter 14: The Waterloo campaign: lessons learned? Chapter 15: Completing British paramountcy in India, 1814-19 Part 6The impact of warChapter 16: Instruments of power Chapter 17: Aristocracy and British military culture Chapter 18: Interventions overseas, 1820-1830 Chapter 19: Britain as a global power, 1815-30 Index