List of contributors1 The 1918--20 moment and the British Empire's sorties de guerreRomain FathiMargaret HutchisonAndrekos VarnavaMichael J. K. WalshI Facing the challenges of peace2 Australia, empire and the 1918--19 influenza pandemicHannah Mawdsley3 Repatriation 1918--20 and the changing Anglo-imperial relationshipTrevor Harris4 The elimination of Germans from the British Empire at the end of the First World WarPanikos PanayiII Controlling and exporting a military tradition5 British colonial reaffirmation at the 1918--20 moment: appropriation, dehumanisation and the rule of colonial differenceSamraghni Bonnerjee6 Beyond Amritsar: the Indian Army and the fight for empire, 1918--20Kate ImyIII Contesting and strengthening empire7 The aftermath of the Great War and the birth of modern Quebec nationalismCharles-Philippe Courtois8 The failure of the enosis policy in Cyprus after the Great War: between liberal philhellenism and imperialismAndrekos Varnava9 From Arab provinces of the Ottoman Empire to Middle Eastern mandates: understanding Britain's 1918--20 moment in the Middle EastClothilde HouotConclusionSelect bibliographyIndex