This is a new history of Britain's imperial wars during the nineteenth century. Covering wars waged in Asia, New Zealand, and Africa, it traces the origins and outbreak of each war, the nature of the opposing forces, the goals of both sides, the course of the war, the nature of battle, the role of technology, and the war's aftermath.

Offers a revised and updated history of thirteen of the most significant British conflicts during the Victorian period.

'Framed by the empire-defining conflicts of the 1857 Indian rebellion and the South African War, Queen Victoria's Wars demonstrates how so-called 'small wars' shaped and scarred the British empire in the nineteenth century. Ranging from wars of conquest and punitive expeditions to guerrilla and 'pacification' campaigns, the interconnections of empire - whether in the form of troops and human capital, geopolitics or intelligence flows - are drawn out in great detail.' Erica Wald, author of Vice in the Barracks