Britannia's shield : Lieutenant-General Sir Edward Hutton and late-victorian imperial defence / Craig Stockings

Author:: Stockings, Craig A. J.
Published:: Cambridge ; Port Melbourne, Vic. : Cambridge University Press, 2015.
Physical Description:: xii., 348 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

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Series:

Australian Army history series

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: 1.`The common duties of the Empire': Developments in the imperial defence idea, 1848--92 -- 2.`An intelligent and most active officer': Hutton's formative years, 1848--92 -- 3.`I suppose he sent me a blister': A colonial commandant, 1893--96 -- 4.A `Trojan horse' in the colony? Federal and imperial defence in Australia, 1893--96 -- 5.`One general policy -- elastic as it may be': Back in Britain, 1896--98 -- 6.`Making soldiers of them rapidly': Reforming the Canadian militia, 1898--99 -- 7.`I am here as one of yourselves': Political difficulties and imperial imperatives, 1898--99 -- 8.`Pregnant of great results': Canada and an imperial war, 1899--1900 -- 9.`Quite as much political and imperial, as it is military': Hutton's war in South Africa and raising an Australian army, 1900--03 -- 10.`Unfortunately not in touch or sympathy': Difficulties and disappointments, 1903--04 -- 11.`Hopelessly ignorant of our self-governing Colonies': The new Australian army and imperial defence, 1902--04 -- 12.`How far his vision ranged': The twilight years, 1905--23.

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ISBN:

9781107094826
1107094828

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 315-334) and index.

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