Progressive occupation? : the Gallieni-Lyautey method and colonial pacification in Tonkin and Madagascar, 1885-1900 / Michael P. M. Finch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Finch, Michael P. M. (Michael Paul Maxwell), 1982-

Series:

Oxford Historical Monographs

Oxford historical monographs

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gallieni, Joseph-Simon, 1849-1916.

Gallieni, Joseph-Simon.

Lyautey, Louis Hubert Gonzalve, 1854-1934.

Lyautey, Louis Hubert Gonzalve.

Colonies--Administration.

Colonies.

France--Colonies--Asia--Administration.

France.

France--Colonies--Madagascar--Administration.

Madagascar--History--1885-1960.

Madagascar.

Vietnam, Northern--History--19th century.

Vietnam, Northern.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (279 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, c2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A volume which offers new insights into the nature of military conflict and consolidation within European empires in the late nineteenth century.

Contents:

Cover; Contents; List of Figures and Tables; Note on Place Names; Introduction; 1. Colonial Consolidation, Pacification, and Military Practice, 1870-1914; Conquest, consolidation, and pacification; Colonial War and Military Practice; 2. A Method in History and in Theory; Makers of Modern Strategy and Colonial 'Schools'; Bugeaud; Lyautey; Jean Gottmann; Masters and Pupils; The Method; 3. Tonkin 1885-1891: Pacification Without Method; The Last Stage of Conquest; Problems of Command; Domestic Constraints; Effectives and Indigenization; Disease; The Nature of the Enemy

The Progress of Pacification-Porous Borders and Chinese Influence4. Tonkin 1891-1896: The Arrival of Method; Diminishing Effectives; Jean-Marie de Lanessan; A New Military System; Gallieni in Tonkin; Action Lente; Action Vive; Dé Tham and General Sou-the Limits and Achievements of Politics; 5. Madagascar, 1896-1899: The Method on a Large Scale; Gallieni's Command in Madagascar; Military Action I-Methodical Occupation; Military Action II-Apprentices; Political Action I-Diminishing Merina Power; Political Action II-'English' Influence and the Religious Question; Conclusion

Enlightened or Pragmatic Despot?Metropolitan-Colonial Transfers; Legacies; Bibliography; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; U; V; W; Y; Z

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from home page (viewed on July 24, 2013).

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

0-19-166209-7

OCLC:

922972163