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H. L. Wesseling
This race for colonies went hand in hand with a host of thrilling exploits and dramatic conflicts, of which Stanley’s exploration of the Congo and Gordon’s death in Khartoum are…
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This work provides readers with articles and essays on the general subject of European expansion.
Next to this there also was a new glorification of traditional military virtues: disinterestedness, submission, and discipline. In conceptualizing war, as Wesseling shows, a distinction can be made between speculations…
Finally, there is a section on French history writing, including two biographical essays, one about Gabriel Hanotaux, the once famous but now nearly forgotten historian who became Minister of Foreign…
‘The European Colonial Empires’ presents an overview of the history of Europe’s empires.
