Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Introduction 1
4. Part I: Three Wars
5. 1. The Boxer War 15
6. 2. The Herero and Nama War 37
7. 3. The Maji Maji War 57
8. Part II: The Colonial Theater of War
9. 4. The Motivation of White and Native Colonial Soldiers 79
10. 5. Training and Weaponry 110
11. 6. Ideology and Passage to War 141
12. 7. Environment and Enemy 156
13. 8. Diseases and Injuries 178
14. 9. Reaction from the Foreign Powers 207
15. 10. Parliament and the Military Press 233
16. Part III: Evaluation and Memory
17. 11. The Military 263
18. 12. Veterans’ Associations 277
19. 13. Legacy 290
20. Abbreviations 297
21. Notes 299
22. Acknowledgments 369
23. Index 371