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India's Nationalist Press and the First World War, 1914-1923 : A History of the Great War.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Jarboe, Andrew Tait.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nationalism--India.
- Nationalism.
- Press and politics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (269 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- New York : Bloomsbury Academic & Professional, 2026.
- Summary:
- This book uses Indian newspapers to demonstrate that WWI was a watershed moment in the history of British colonial rule in India, highlighting how the conflict galvanised Indian demands for political reform.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half Title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Table
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- India in the War, the War in India
- The War and Indian National Politics
- Press, Raj, and Surveillance
- War News in India
- 1 "The West in the Storm of Calamity": 1914 and the Outbreak of War
- The July Crisis
- India's Rally to the Empire
- The War in Europe
- The War with Turkey
- At Year's End
- 2 "The Ups and Downs of the War": 1915 and the Year of Stalemate
- The Slog of War
- Atrocities
- An Unsettled Homefront
- The Balkan Crisis
- 3 "Devastation of the Warring Powers": 1916 and the Year of Battles
- The Manpower of India
- The War in the Middle East
- Home Rule
- The Fall of Asquith and the Prospect of Peace
- 4 "What England Owes India": 1917 and the Year of Breakthroughs
- Changing Fortunes
- The Indian Defence Force
- The Mesopotamia Scandal
- Repression and Reform
- Endurance
- 5 "The Bursting of the German Bubble": 1918 and the Year of Allied Victory
- The Most Critical Phase of the War
- To Fight for the Indian Motherland
- Scarcity and Influenza
- One Hundred Days to Victory
- The Future Peace of the World
- 6 "The Lesson of the War": 1919-23 and the Postwar Settlements
- The Opening of the Peace Conference
- The Sedition Bills and Mr. Gandhi's Moment
- The Peace Treaties
- Conclusion War News and History
- Notes
- Conclusion.
- Bibliography
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 1-9787-6998-9
- 979-82-16-25666-3
- OCLC:
- 1590081620
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