Overview

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.

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Author:   Kaushik Roy ,  Dr. Kaushik Roy
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   70
Weight:   1.147kg
ISBN:  

9789004185500

ISBN 10:   900418550
Pages:   556
Publication Date:   14 October 2011
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

List of Maps ... ix Preface ... xi List of Abbreviations ... xiii Glossary ... xvii Notes on Contributors ... xxi Introduction: Warfare, Society and the Indian Army during the Two World Wars ... 1 Kaushik Roy SECTION I THE INDIAN ARMY AND CONVENTIONAL WARFARE 1. The Indian Cavalry Divisions in Somme: 1916 ... 33 David Kenyon 2. Command in the Indian Expeditionary Force D: Mesopotamia, 1915-16 ... 63 Andrew Syk 3. Logistics of the Indian Expeditionary Force D in Mesopotamia: 1914-18 ... 105 Ross Anderson 4. The Indianization of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, 1917-18: An Imperial Turning Point ... 145 Dennis Showalter 5. The Indianization of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force: Palestine 1918 ... 165 James Kitchen 6. Indian Cavalry from the First World War till the Third Afghan War ... 191 Kaushik Roy 7. From the Desert Sands to the Burmese Jungle: The Indian Army and the Lessons of North Africa, September 1939-November 1942 ... 223 Tim Moreman 8. The War in Burma, 1942-1945: The 7/10th Baluch Experience ... 255 Daniel Marston 9. The Officer Corps and the Training of the Indian Army with Special Reference to Lieutenant-General Francis Tuker ... 285 Alan Jeffreys 10. The Prime Minister and the Indian Army's Last War ... 311 Raymond Callahan SECTION II THE INDIAN ARMY AND INTERNAL SECURITY OF INDIA 11. The Indian Army and Civil Disorder: 1919-22 ... 335 Nick Lloyd 12. The Indian Army and Internal Security: 1919-46 ... 359 Rob Johnson

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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.

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