Warfare and Empires: Contact and Conflict Between European and Non-European Military and Maritime Forces and Cultures

This volume contains 17 articles discussing the relationship between European expansion and armed conflict, and representing the work of several generations of scholars. The work extends from 15th-century Africa and South East Asia to late 18th-century Africa, North and South America and India. Topics addressed include how the topological, political and economic structures and capacities of the competing forces shaped their ability to wage war and the impact that colonial wars had upon European and non-European political and social organization. Papers also place the conflicts which accompanied European expansion within a broader debate concerning the so called military revolution and suggest that the idea of a European-led and dominated military revolution needs to be reconsidered in light of events outside the European sphere.