From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914
The period 1815-1914 is sometimes called the long century of peace. It was in reality very far from that. It was a century of civil wars, popular uprisings, and struggles for Independence. An era of colonial expansion, wars of Empire, and colonial campaigning, much of which was unconventional in nature. It was also an age of major conventional wars, in Europe that would see the Crimea campaign and the wars of German unification. Such conflicts, along with the American Civil War, foreshadowed the total war of the 20th century.
It was also a period of great technological advancement, which in time impacted the military and warfare in general. Steam power, electricity, the telegraph, the radio, the railway, all became tools of war. The century was one of dramatic change. Tactics altered, sometimes slowly, to meet the challenges of the new technology. The dramatic change in the technology of war in this period is reflected in the new title of this series: From Musket to Maxim.
The new title better reflects the fact that the series covers all nations and all conflict of the period between 1815-1914. Already the series has commissioned books that deal with matters outside the British experience. This is something that the series will endeavour to do more of in the future. At the same time there still remains an important place for the study of the British military during this period. It is one of fascination, with campaigns that capture the imagination, in which Britain although the world’s predominant power, continues to field a relatively small army.
The aim of the series is to throw the spotlight on the conflicts of that century, which can often get overlooked, sandwiched as they are between two major conflicts, the French Revolutionary and Napoleonic Wars and the First World War. The series will produced a variety of books and styles. Some will look simply at campaigns or battles. Others will concentrate on particular aspects of a war or campaign. There will also be books that look at wider concepts of warfare during this era. It is the intention that this series will present a platform for historians to present their work on an important but often overlooked century of warfare.
Contacts
Series Editor : Musket To Maxim
Submissions
The publishers would be pleased to receive submissions for this series. Please contact the series editor(s) above, or in writing to Helion & Company, Unit 8, Amherst Business Centre, Budbrooke Road, Warwick CV34 5WE.
The Destruction of the Imperial Army Volume 4
Catastrophe: Sedan, Strasbourg and Metz 1870
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #40
630 pages 18 colour & 38 b/w illustrations, c. 120 colour & 71 b/w photos, 12 colour maps, 17 tactical diagrams
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The Destruction of the Imperial Army Volume 3
The Sedan Campaign 1870
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #39
552 pages 129 colour photos, 65 b/w photos, 5 colour illustrations, 24 b/w illustrations, 16 colour maps & 1 b/w map
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The Spioenkop Campaign
The Battles to Relieve Ladysmith, 17-27 January 1900
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #38
278 pages 82 b/w photos & illustrations, 10 maps
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More Work than Glory
Buffalo Soldiers in the United States Army, 1866-1916
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #37
330 pages 60 b/w photos, 1 colour photo, 5 colour maps, 9 tables
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The Destruction of the Imperial Army Volume 2
The Battles around Metz 1870
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #36
614 pages 14 b/w illustrations, 53 b/w photos, 9 colour illustrations, 78 colour photos, 17 maps
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From Ironclads to Dreadnoughts
The Development of the German Battleship, 1864-1918
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #35
504 pages 432 b/w photos, 281 b/w illustrations, 2 maps, 30 tables
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Kitchener
The Man Not The Myth
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #34
260 pages 45 b/w ills/photos, 3 maps
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The Destruction of the Imperial Army Volume 1
The Opening Engagements of the Franco-German War 1870-71
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #33
608 pages 36 b/w illustrations, 41 b/w photos, 9 colour illustrations,78 colour photos, 16 colour maps
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Too Little Too Late
The Campaign in West and South Germany June-July 1866
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #32
278 pages 45 b/w ills, 16 colour ills, 19 colour maps
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The Battle of Magersfontein
Victory and defeat on the South African veld, 10-12 December 1899
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #31
264 pages 25 b/w illustrations, 118 b/w photos, 1 colour illustration, 11 colour photos, 11 maps
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Controlling the Frontier
Southern Africa 1806-1828, The Cape Frontier Wars and The Fetcani Alarm
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #30
134 pages 42 b/w illustrations, 4 b/w photos, 3 maps
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The Republic Fights Back the Franco-German War 1870-1871 Volume 2
Uniforms, Organization and Weapons of the Armies of the Republican Phase of the War
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #29
176 pages 20 colour plates, 100 b/w illustrations, 5 b/w maps
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Line in the Sand
French Foreign Legion Forts and Fortifications in Morocco 1900-1926
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #28
104 pages 3 b/w photos, 1 colour illustration, 28 colour photos, 14 maps, 2 tables
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Hungary 1849
The Summer Campaign
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #27
556 pages 23 maps, 124 tables
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Onwards to Omdurman
The Anglo-Egyptian Campaign to Reconquer the Sudan, 1896-1898
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #26
170 pages 30 b/w illustrations, 8 b/w photos, 9 colour illustrations, 13 maps
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British Military Panoramas
Battle in The Round, 1800-1914
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #25
210 pages 52 b/w illustrations, 7 b/w photos, 19 colour illustrations, 9 colour photos
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The Battle for the Swiepwald
Austria's Fatal Blunder at Königgrätz, the climactic battle of the Austro-Prussian War, 3 July 1866
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #24
134 pages 18 b/w photos & illustrations, 3 maps
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Victorian Crusaders
British and Irish Volunteers in the Papal Army 1860-70
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #23
222 pages 58 colour & b/w illustrations, 5 b/w maps
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The Rise of the Sikh Soldier
The Sikh Warrior through the ages, c1700-1900
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #22
290 pages 15 colour & 32 b/w illustrations, 16 colour & 22 b/w photos, 10 maps
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From the Atacama to the Andes
Battles of the War of the Pacific 1879-1883
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #21
236 pages 35 b/w photographs, 8 colour plates, 15 colour maps
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The Fire of Venture Was in His Veins
Major Allan Wilson and the Shangani Patrol 1893: Rhodesia's 'Custer's Last Stand'
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #20
178 pages 20 b/w ills, 22 b/w photos, 2 colour ills, 3 maps
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The Zulu Kingdom and the Boer Invasion of 1837-1840
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #19
276 pages 20 b/w ills, 5 b/w photos, 14 colour ills, 4 colour photos, 13 maps
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The Battle of Lissa 1866
How the Industrial Revolution Changed the Face of Naval Warfare
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #18
256 pages 2 b/w ills, 19 b/w photos, 11 colour maps
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Saarbruck to Sedan the Franco-German War 1870-1871 Volume 1
Uniforms, Organization and Weapons of the Armies of the Imperial Phase of the War
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #17
134 pages 41 b/w ills, 20pp colour plates, 3 maps, 6 tables
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Dust of Glory
The First Anglo-Afghan War 1839-1842, its Causes and Course
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #16
428 pages 12 b/w ills. 23 colour ills, 17 b/w maps
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The German War of 1866
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #15
478 pages 96 b/w illustrations, maps and sketches
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Forgotten Victorian Generals
Studies in the Exercise of Command and Control in the British Army 1837-1901
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #14
284 pages 8 b/w illustrations, 6 b/w maps
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The War of the Two Brothers
The Portuguese Civil War, 1828-1834
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #12
132 pages 25 b/w & 1 colour illustrations, 21 pages colour uniform plates, 8 b/w maps, numerous tables
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Hungary 1848
The Winter Campaign
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #11
372 pages 18 b/w maps
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The Rescue They Called a Raid
The Jameson Raid 1895-96
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #10
180 pages 43 b/w illustrations, 1 colour plate, 4 b/w maps
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Redcoats in the Classroom
The British Army's Schools for Soldiers and their Children during the 19th Century
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #9
414 pages 22 b/w illustrations, 4 b/w maps, 25 tables
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Bazaine 1870
Scapegoat for a Nation
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #8
320 pages 87 b/w ills, 7 colour maps
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The British and the Sikhs
Discovery, Warfare and Friendship c1700-1900
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #7
112 pages 8pp colour section & 23 b/w images
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Journey Through the Wilderness
Garnet Wolseley's Canadian Red River Expedition of 1870
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #5
194 pages 35 b/w photos/ills, 8 maps
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Victory over Disease
Resolving the Medical Crisis in the Crimean War, 1854-1856
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #4
308 pages 2 maps, 23 ills, 47 tables, 23 graphs
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The Furthest Garrison
Imperial Regiments in New Zealand 1840-1870
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #3
176 pages c 6-8 ills
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For Queen and Company
Vignettes of the Irish Soldier in the Indian Mutiny
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #2
112 pages c 60 ills & maps
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The Battle of Majuba Hill
The Transvaal Campaign 1880-1881
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914 #1
152 pages 1 colour photo, 1 colour ill, 35 b/w photos, 14 b/w ills, 6 maps
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A Matter Too Serious to be Overlooked!
The Causes, Course and Results of the AmaNdebele and Mashona Uprisings in 1896
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914
216 pages 4 b/w illustrations, 70 b/w photos, 7 b/w maps
Not yet published - in Autumn 2024 list
Black Week
The British Army and Defeat in the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1900
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914
208 pages c 40 b/w ills & photos, c 6 maps
Not yet published - in Spring 2024 list
Canadians on the Veldt
Canada and the Anglo-Boer War 1899-1902
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914
272 pages 50 b/w illustration, 8 maps, 8pp colour illustrations
Not yet published - in Autumn 2024 list
Churchill and Small Wars 1895-1900
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914
Not yet published - in Autumn 2024 list
Decision in Lombardy
The Battle of Solferino, June 24 1859
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914
500 pages 30 b/w photos, 1 colour illustration, 8 colour photos, 7-10 tables, 5-6 b/w maps, 8-10 colour maps
Not yet published - in Autumn 2024 list
Russian Campaigns in Central Asia
The Russian Military Expeditions to Khiva in 1839 and 1873
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914
240 pages 5 b/w maps & diagrams
Not yet published - in Autumn 2024 list
The British Empire’s Regulars 1880 - 1914
Soldiers of Britain, India and Africa
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914
272 pages 71 b/w photos, 5 maps, 56 tables
Not yet published - in Autumn 2024 list
The Chameleon and the Fly
The AmaNdebele War of 1893
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914
336 pages 79 b/w illustrations, 4pp colour illustrations, 5 maps
Not yet published - in Autumn 2024 list
The Honvéd War
Armies of the Hungarian War of Independence 1848-49
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914
180 pages 30 b/w illustrations, 10 b/w photos, 8 colour illustrations, 6pp colour plates, 2 maps, c 14 tables
Not yet published - in Autumn 2024 list
The Hungarian War of Independence 1848-1849
An Illustrated Military History
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914
444 pages 150 b/w ills, 50 colour ills, 25 maps
Not yet published - in Autumn 2024 list
The Life of Lieut. General Sir James Moncrieff Grierson
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914
200 pages 10 b/w photos, maps
Not yet published - in Autumn 2024 list
The Science of War
A Collection of essay and lectures, 1892-1903
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914
248 pages 20 maps, diagrams
Not yet published - in Spring 2024 list
The Spanish Navy in the War of 1898
From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914
288 pages c 100 b/w photos, 8 maps, c 10 tables
Not yet published - in Autumn 2024 list