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A Military History of India and South Asia – From the East India Company to the Nuclear Era

Autor Daniel P. Marston, Chandar S. Sundaram
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 apr 2008
A Military History of India and South Asia provides a much-needed overview of the military history of the region since 1700, covering the areas that are today the states of India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. In chapters devoid of academic jargon, leading scholars offer lucid introductions to topics ranging from the rise of the British East India Company, to the Indian Army in the First World War, to the rise of national armies and current tensions between India and Pakistan.
Contributors are Rajesh M. Basrur, Raymond Callahan, Bhashyam Kasturi, Daniel P. Marston, Tim Moreman, David Omissi, Douglas M. Peers, Srinath Raghavan, Kaushik Roy, Chandar S. Sundaram, and Channa Wickremesekera.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780253219992
ISBN-10: 025321999X
Pagini: 256
Ilustrații: 15 illustrations
Dimensiuni: 156 x 232 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.44 kg
Editura: MH – Indiana University Press

Cuprins

Foreword (Stephen P. Cohen); Why This Book? (Daniel P. Marston and Chandar S. Sundaram)1. The Armed Expansion of the English East India Company: 1740s-1849 (Kaushik Roy): 2. The Great Sepoy Mutiny (Raymond Callahan): 3. The Martial Races and the Indian Army in the Victorian Era (Douglas M. Peers): 4. "The Greatest Training Ground in the World": The Army in India and the North-West Frontier, 1901-1947 (Tim Moreman): 5. The Indian Army in the First World War, 1914-1918 (David Omissi): 6. Grudging Concessions: The Officer Corps and Its Indianization, 1817-1940 (Chandar S. Sundaram): 7. A Force Transformed: The Indian Army and the Second World War (Daniel P. Marston): 8. The Indian National Army, 1942-1946: A Circumstantial Force (Chandar S. Sundaram): 9. End of the Raj, 1945-1947 (Daniel P. Marston): 10. The State of War with Pakistan (Bhashyam Kasturi): 11. A Bad Knock: The War with China, 1962 (Srinath Raghavan): 12. Peace through Military Parity? The Tamil Tigers and the Government Forces in Sri Lanka (Channa Wickremesekera): 13. India's Nuclear Policy (Rajesh M. Basrur)Notes; Index; About the Contributors

Recenzii

"Intended for general readers, students, and academics, the volume offers fine summaries as well as stimulating case studies. . . . Recommended." —Choice

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Descriere

An accessible introduction to South Asian military history from 1700 to the present