The Indian Army in the two World Wars / / edited by Kaushik Roy.

• Superior document: History of warfare ; v. 70
• TeilnehmendeR: Roy, Kaushik, 1971-
• Place / Publishing House: Boston : : Brill,, 2012.
• Year of Publication: 2012
• Language: English
• Series: History of Warfare 70.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (578 p.)
• Notes: Description based upon print version of record.
• Other title: Preliminary Material --; Introduction: Warfare, Society and the Indian Army during the Two World Wars /; 1. The Indian Cavalry Divisions in Somme: 1916 /; 2. Command in the Indian Expeditionary Force D: Mesopotamia, 1915–16 /; 3. Logistics of the Indian Expeditionary Force D in Mesopotamia: 1914–18 /; 4. The Indianization of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force, 1917–18: An Imperial Turning Point /; 5. The Indianization of the Egyptian Expeditionary Force: Palestine 1918 /; 6. Indian Cavalry from the First World War till the Third Afghan War /; 7. From the Desert Sands to the Burmese Jungle: The Indian Army and the Lessons of North Africa, September 1939–November 1942 /; 8. The War in Burma, 1942–1945: The 7/10th Baluch Experience /; 9. The Officer Corps and the Training of the Indian Army with Special Reference to Lieutenant-General Francis Tuker /; 10. The Prime Minister and the Indian Army’s Last War /; 11. The Indian Army and Civil Disorder: 1919–22 /; 12. The Indian Army and Internal Security: 1919–1946 /; 13. Morale of the Indian Army in the Mesopotamia Campaign: 1914–17 /; 14. Army, Ethnicity and Society in British India /; 15. Allies to a Declining Power: The Martial Races, the Second World War and the End of the British Empire in South Asia /; 16. From Loyalty to Dissent: Punjabis from the Great War to World War II /; 17. “Breaking the Chains with Which We Were Bound”: The Interrogation Chamber, the Indian National Army and the Negation of Military Identities, 1941–1947 /; Select Bibliography --; General Index --; Military Unit Index.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (p. [519]-525) and index.
• ISBN: 1283310694; 9786613310699; 9004211454
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: edited by Kaushik Roy.

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.