Indian Army in the Two World Wars

Inbunden, Engelska, 2011

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Beskrivning

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.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2011-10-14
Mått:160 x 240 x 38 mm
Vikt:1 147 g
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Serie:History of Warfare
Antal sidor:556
Förlag:Brill
Medarbetare:Kaushik Roy
ISBN:9789004185500

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Kaushik Roy, Ph.D. (2001) in History, Jawaharlal Nehru University, is Reader of History at Jadavpur University and Senior Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Civil War at Peace Research Institute Oslo. Kaushik Roy has written and edited fourteen books and forty-three essays in various peer reviewed journals and edited volumes.

Innehållsförteckning

List of Maps ... ixPreface ... xiList of Abbreviations ... xiiiGlossary ... xviiNotes on Contributors ... xxiIntroduction: Warfare, Society and the Indian Army during the Two World Wars ... 1Kaushik RoySECTION ITHE INDIAN ARMY AND CONVENTIONAL WARFARE1. The Indian Cavalry Divisions in Somme: 1916 ... 33David Kenyon2. Command in the Indian Expeditionary Force D: Mesopotamia, 1915–16 ... 63Andrew Syk3. Logistics of the Indian Expeditionary Force D in Mesopotamia: 1914–18 ... 105Ross Anderson4. The Indianization of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, 1917–18: An Imperial Turning Point ... 145Dennis Showalter5. The Indianization of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force: Palestine 1918 ... 165James Kitchen6. Indian Cavalry from the First World War till the Third Afghan War ... 191Kaushik Roy7. From the Desert Sands to the Burmese Jungle: The Indian Army and the Lessons of North Africa, September 1939–November 1942 ... 223Tim Moreman8. The War in Burma, 1942–1945: The 7/10th Baluch Experience ... 255Daniel Marston9. The Officer Corps and the Training of the Indian Army with Special Reference to Lieutenant-General Francis Tuker ... 285Alan Jeffreys10. The Prime Minister and the Indian Army’s Last War ... 311Raymond CallahanSECTION IITHE INDIAN ARMY AND INTERNAL SECURITY OF INDIA11. The Indian Army and Civil Disorder: 1919–22 ... 335Nick Lloyd12. The Indian Army and Internal Security: 1919–46 ... 359Rob Johnson