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The Indian Army in the two World Wars / edited by Kaushik Roy.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- History of warfare ; v. 70.
- History of warfare ; v. 70
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- World War, 1914-1918--Participation, East Indian.
- World War, 1914-1918.
- World War, 1939-1945--Participation, East Indian.
- World War, 1939-1945.
- World War, 1914-1918--India.
- World War, 1939-1945--India.
- World War, 1914-1918--Campaigns.
- World War, 1939-1945--Campaigns.
- India. Army--History--20th century.
- India.
- Great Britain. Army. British Indian Army--History--20th century.
- Great Britain.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (578 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- There is no single volume which covers the Indian Army’s experiences during the two World Wars. And this is what the present edited volume attempts to do. This collection of 17 essays analyze the army as an institution and also touch upon the cultural ethos of the army and related social issues. Thus, this edited volume is a cross between ‘traditional military history’ (study of campaigns, tactics, leadership) and ‘new military history’ (impact of warfare on society and culture). While some of the essays take a pan Indian perspective, a few essays also focus on those regions within India (like Punjab) which were intimately related with the army. A few contributors also turn the spotlight on the overseas theatres like Mesopotamia, France and Burma, where the Indian Army played a very important role. Contributors are Alan Jeffreys, Andrew Syk, Daniel Marston, David Kenyon, Dennis Showalter, Gajendra Singh, Gavin Rand, James Kitchen, Nick Lloyd, Nikolas Gardner, Rajit K. Mazumder, Raymond Callahan, Rob Johnson, Ross Anderson, Tarak Barkawi and Tim Moreman.
- Contents:
- section 1. The Indian Army and conventional warfare
- section 2. The Indian Army and internal security of India
- section 3. Warfare, society and the Indian Army.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-31069-4
- 9786613310699
- 90-04-21145-4
- OCLC:
- 758335949
- Publisher Number:
- 10.1163/9789004211452 DOI
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