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George White and the Victorian Army in India and Africa: Serving the Empire

This book offers a detailed investigation of George S. White’s career in the British Army. It explores late Victorian military conflicts, British power dynamics in Africa and Asia, civil-military relations on the fringes of the empire, and networks of advancement in the army. White served in the Indian Rebellion and, twenty years later, the Second Anglo-Afghan War, where he earned the Victoria Cross. After serving in the Sudan campaign, White returned to India and held commands during the conquest and pacification of Upper Burma and the extension of British control over Balochistan, and, as Commander-in-Chief, sent expeditions to the North-West Frontier and oversaw major military reforms. Just before the start of the South African War, White was given the command of the Natal Field Force. This force was besieged in Ladysmith for 118 days. Relieved in 1900, White was heralded as the “Defender of Ladysmith.” He was made Field-Marshal in 1903.

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George White and the Victorian Army in India and Africa: Serving the Empire

This book offers a detailed investigation of George S. White’s career in the British Army. It explores late Victorian military conflicts, British power dynamics in Africa and Asia, civil-military relations on the fringes of the empire, and networks of advancement in the army. White served in the Indian Rebellion and, twenty years later, the Second Anglo-Afghan War, where he earned the Victoria Cross. After serving in the Sudan campaign, White returned to India and held commands during the conquest and pacification of Upper Burma and the extension of British control over Balochistan, and, as Commander-in-Chief, sent expeditions to the North-West Frontier and oversaw major military reforms. Just before the start of the South African War, White was given the command of the Natal Field Force. This force was besieged in Ladysmith for 118 days. Relieved in 1900, White was heralded as the “Defender of Ladysmith.” He was made Field-Marshal in 1903.

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George White and the Victorian Army in India and Africa: Serving the Empire

George White and the Victorian Army in India and Africa: Serving the Empire

by Stephen M. Miller
George White and the Victorian Army in India and Africa: Serving the Empire

George White and the Victorian Army in India and Africa: Serving the Empire

by Stephen M. Miller

Overview

This book offers a detailed investigation of George S. White’s career in the British Army. It explores late Victorian military conflicts, British power dynamics in Africa and Asia, civil-military relations on the fringes of the empire, and networks of advancement in the army. White served in the Indian Rebellion and, twenty years later, the Second Anglo-Afghan War, where he earned the Victoria Cross. After serving in the Sudan campaign, White returned to India and held commands during the conquest and pacification of Upper Burma and the extension of British control over Balochistan, and, as Commander-in-Chief, sent expeditions to the North-West Frontier and oversaw major military reforms. Just before the start of the South African War, White was given the command of the Natal Field Force. This force was besieged in Ladysmith for 118 days. Relieved in 1900, White was heralded as the “Defender of Ladysmith.” He was made Field-Marshal in 1903.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9783030508340
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Publication date: 11/16/2020
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
File size: 3 MB

About the Author

Stephen M. Miller is Adelaide C. and Alan L. Bird Professor and Chair of the Department of History at the University of Maine, USA. His research focuses on the British Army and the South African War.


Table of Contents

1. Introduction.- 2. The Start of a Military Career (1853–1878) .- 3. Recognition in Afghanistan (1878–1884).- 4. The Making of a General: War and the Occupation of Upper Burma (1885–1889).- 5. On the Edge of Empire: Baluchistan (1889–1892).- 6. Commander-in-Chief, India: Administrator (1893–1898).- 7. Commander-in-Chief, India: Campaigns (1893–1898).- 8. The Outbreak of the South African War (1899).- 9. The Defender of Ladysmith (1899–1900.- 10. Ending a Career on the Rock (1900–1912).- 11. Conclusion.

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“Once again, Stephen Miller shows he is a thorough researcher of that special kind, a master storyteller and brilliant analyst. George White the militarist, the administrator and the man comes to life in a gripping and well-balanced text. Surely White will now no longer be the “forgotten figure of British imperial military history.”

— Fransjohan Pretorius, Professor Emeritus of History, University of Pretoria, South Africa



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