The Wars of the Nineties: A History of the Warfare of the Last Ten Years of the Nineteenth Century, written by A. Hilliard Atteridge and published in 1899. The book is a historical study of the conflicts that took place around the world during the 1890s. The book includes detailed commentaries on various conflicts and is illustrated with a frontispiece and over five hundred images, including original sketch-maps and plans. Topics covered in the book include; The Reconquest of the Sudan, The Spanish-American War, The First Sino-Japanese War, The Greco-Turkish War, The Matabele Wars, The French Conquest of Madagascar, and Campaigns in West Africa, East Africa, Central Africa, the Philippines, Siam, and Manipur.
Andrew Hilliard Atteridge (c. 1852–1941) was an Anglo-Irish Catholic journalist, war correspondent, and military historian known for his biographies of French military figures. Atteridge worked as a war correspondent for the Daily Chronicle during the 1896 Sudan campaign. He also served as a special correspondent covering military maneuvers for various foreign armies. His experience gave him a keen interest in military strategy, a theme that would dominate his writing. He later served as officer in the London Irish Rifles from 1893 to 1905. His books largely focused on military topics, especially the Napoleonic period and the First World War. Notable works include biographies of French Marshal Michel Ney and Marshal Ferdinand Foch, as well as an account of Napoleon's brothers. He also wrote about British military history, such as Towards Khartoum: The Story of the Soudan War of 1896.