A Military History of India and South Asia – From the East India Company to the Nuclear Era
Autor Daniel P. Marston, Chandar S. Sundaramen Limba Engleză Paperback – 28 apr 2008
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
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