A study of how Napoleon's very real and very serious threat to British India was countered.

This book explores the intricate and intimate relationship between military organization, imperial policy, and society in colonial South Asia. The chapters in t

Samuel Auchmuty was born in New York in 1756. During the American Revolution his remained loyal to King George and he joined the British 45th Foot in 1777. Afte

The British army between 1783 and 1815 – the army that fought in the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars – has received severe criticism and sometimes

An in-depth study of the British traders who extended British commercial activity beyond the area controlled by the East India Company.