The British invaded almost 90% of the globe?

[davidbfpo]

A strange claim IMHO:

A new study has found that at various times the British have invaded almost 90 per cent of the countries around the globe. Among this select group of nations are far-off destinations such as Guatemala, Tajikistan and the Marshall Islands, as well some slightly closer to home, such as Luxembourg. The analysis of the histories of the almost 200 countries in the world found only 22 which have never experienced an invasion by the British.

The linked article has a list of the countries not invaded and some startling facts. All comes from a new book 'All the Countries We've Ever Invaded: And the Few We Never Got Round To' by Stuart Laycock:http://www.amazon.com/All-Countries-...Stuart+Laycock

Link:http://www.telegraph.co.uk/history/9...uxembourg.html

Personally I cannot recall a British invasion or coercive intervention in Laos or Cambodia, nor Mauritania, former Spanish Sahara and Brazil.

SWC readers will be aware of the figures offered for a US military presence around the globe; is there a similar history for invasion?