Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. MAPS vi
4. FIGURES vii
5. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS viii
6. ABBREVIATIONS x
7. GLOSSARY xi
8. 1 THE IMAGES AND SELF-IMAGE OF THE SCOTTISH SOLDIER 1
9. 2 THE BLACK WATCH IN WEST AFRICA 24
10. 3 IMPERIAL TESTS: ZULUS, AFGHANS AND BOERS 41
11. 4 HIGHLANDERS IN EGYPT 66
12. 5 ENTERING THE SUDAN 88
13. 6 COMMEMORATION, PROMOTION AND THE STORMING OF DARGAI HEIGHTS 111
14. 7 RECONQUERING THE SUDAN 135
15. 8 MAGERSFONTEIN AND ITS AFTERMATH 157
16. 9 CITIZEN SOLDIERS IN AN IMPERIAL WAR 182
17. EPILOGUE 203
18. BIBLIOGRAPHY 219
19. INDEX 235