War and Military Culture in South Asia: The Indian Army in the First World War: New Perspectives.
by Jeffereys, Alan.
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BookPublisher: England: Primus books, ©2019Description: 313p.ISBN: 978-93-5290-620-8.Subject(s): War and military culture in South Asia, 1757-1947 First World War Indian ArmyDDC classification: 940.41254 Dissertation note: This book addresses the important global role of the Indian Army during the First World War. It is an academic reassessment of the army by both established and early career scholars.It looks at the historiography of the army taking into account recent work (particularly on the Western Front in 1914-1915). This edited volume covers the traditional areas of the Indian Army in France and Belgium, Palestine, Mesopotamia and the defense of the Suez Canal. There are also chapters on combined operations; Indian prisoners of War in Germany; the expansion of the officer corps, the Sikh experience and the demobilization of the army, 1918-1923. Three additional chapters are related to the theme, on the mobilization of the equine army, the Territorial Army in India and Winston Churchill's portrayal of the India Army during the Gallipoli campaign in his account World Crisis.
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Includes bibliography and index.
This book addresses the important global role of the Indian Army during the First World War. It is an academic reassessment of the army by both established and early career scholars.It looks at the historiography of the army taking into account recent work (particularly on the Western Front in 1914-1915). This edited volume covers the traditional areas of the Indian Army in France and Belgium, Palestine, Mesopotamia and the defense of the Suez Canal. There are also chapters on combined operations; Indian prisoners of War in Germany; the expansion of the officer corps, the Sikh experience and the demobilization of the army, 1918-1923. Three additional chapters are related to the theme, on the mobilization of the equine army, the Territorial Army in India and Winston Churchill's portrayal of the India Army during the Gallipoli campaign in his account World Crisis.
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