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The British Indian army : virtue and necessity / edited by Rob Johnson.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Great Britain--Armed Forces--India--History.
- Great Britain.
- India--History--British occupation, 1765-1947.
- India.
- India--History, Military--19th century.
- India--History, Military--20th century.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (228 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- The British Indian Army was a distinctive phenomenon, a curious combination of Western imperial and South Asian military cultures. It was first and foremost a military instrument for garrison duties, but it was rarely used in internal security and most of its history is concerned with expeditionary wars. While the British regarded the Indian Army as a source of pride and a vital source of imperial manpower, it was not a simple case of exploitation of local indigenous labour by an indifferent ...
- Contents:
- CONTENTS; CONTRIBUTORS; FOREWORD; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; INDEX
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebary, viewed October 29, 2014).
- ISBN:
- 1-4438-6285-1
- OCLC:
- 893739538
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