The British Army's campaigns in Egypt and the Sudan from 1882 to 1899
were among the most dramatic and hard-fought in British military
history. In 1882, the British sent an expeditionary force to Egypt to
quell the Arabic Revolt and secure British control of the Suez Canal,
its lifeline to India. The enigmatic British Major General Charles G.
Gordon was sent to the Sudan in 1884 to study the possibility of
evacuating Egyptian garrisons threatened by Muslim fanatics, the
dervishes, in the Sudan. While the dervishes defeated the British
forces on a number of occasions, the British eventually learned to
combat the insurrection and ultimately, largely through superior
technology and firepower, vanquished the insurgents in 1898.

British Operations in Egypt and the Sudan: A Selected Bibliography
enumerates and generally describes and annotates hundreds of
contemporary, current, and hard-to-find books, journal articles,
government documents, and personal papers on all aspects of British
military operations in Egypt and the Sudan from 1882 to 1899. Arranged
chronologically and topically, chapters cover the various campaigns,
focusing on specific battles, leading military personalities, and the
contributions of imperial nations as well as supporting services of
the British Army. This definitive volume is an indispensable reference
for researching imperialism, colonial history, and British military
operations, leadership, and tactics.

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