The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 2John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1940 - Commonwealth countries |
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... IMPERIAL DEFENCE , 1815-1870 IN the ceaseless colonial warfare of the eighteenth century Great Britain acquired the strategic and economic framework on which her future empire was to be based . Eighteenth - century strategy was a ...
... IMPERIAL DEFENCE , 1815-1870 IN the ceaseless colonial warfare of the eighteenth century Great Britain acquired the strategic and economic framework on which her future empire was to be based . Eighteenth - century strategy was a ...
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... imperial posts , and then reviewed composite military expenditure for 1860 as follows : 6 Imperial and Cost to Imperial Colonial troops Government Colonies 20,600 £ 1,715,200 Imperial posts 20,900 £ 1,509,800 £ 3,225,000 Colonial ...
... imperial posts , and then reviewed composite military expenditure for 1860 as follows : 6 Imperial and Cost to Imperial Colonial troops Government Colonies 20,600 £ 1,715,200 Imperial posts 20,900 £ 1,509,800 £ 3,225,000 Colonial ...
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... imperial sea communications they showed the sea in its true relation to imperial affairs , that is to say , as a highway and not merely as a barrier , whereas in land warfare communications mean military communications and nothing more ...
... imperial sea communications they showed the sea in its true relation to imperial affairs , that is to say , as a highway and not merely as a barrier , whereas in land warfare communications mean military communications and nothing more ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE | 1 |
The Conflict with Revolutionary France 17931802 | 36 |
The Struggle with Napoleon 18031815 | 83 |
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