In the last twenty years, transnational history received more and more attention. As a consequence, the main instruments of transnational history, interdependence analysis and comparison, have been established prominently and are very much in focus today. Based on recent and important publications on colonial warfare in comparison, this review essay examines how these historiographic developments can be tracked in terms of military history. After general remarks on the state of military history and comparison, the most important publications on Empires are examined concerning the role of military and war in a comparative perspective, taking into account the constantly changing state of research.

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