Landships II

I'm happy to share that my new book, Krupp Guns in the Tropics: Dutch Colonial Artillery, 1900–1923, will be published in a few weeks.

The book examines the modernization of Dutch colonial artillery in the early twentieth century and places it within a wider international context. Far from operating in isolation, the Netherlands Indies depended on foreign technology, expertise, and industrial partners.

Among the themes explored are:
• Dutch dependence on Imperial Germany for military technology and armaments
• The role of British strategic interests and global power politics
• The influence of firms such as Krupp on Dutch defense policy
• The geopolitical and logistical challenges of maintaining military power across a vast overseas empire.

While rooted in history, these questions of strategic dependency, supply chains, industrial capacity, and international power politics remain remarkably relevant today.

Of course the book will describe a lot of lesser or unknown Krupp weapons, along a small number of other pieces.

More details on the publication will follow soon. I look forward to sharing this research with colleagues and readers interested in military history, colonial history, and international relations.

And, if you are interested, drop me a line and I can forward you some advance information on how, when and where to purchase this book!