First published in 1928, this volume examines the routes to India which originated as a means of communication and casual trading voyages in the late 18th centu

Britain's overseas Empire pre-eminently involved the sea. In a two-way process, ships carried travellers and explorers, trade goods, migrants to new lands, sold

Can great powers ensure the political outcomes they want and prevent political developments they oppose, by stationing their military forces in distant regions