{"product_id":"indian-soldiers-in-world-war-i-9781496206787","title":"Indian Soldiers in World War I","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBritain deployed more than one million Indian soldiers in its Indian Army during World War I. These men fought in Britain’s imperial war effort in France and Belgium, Egypt and East Africa, and Gallipoli, Palestine, and Mesopotamia.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In \u003ci\u003eIndian Soldiers in World War I\u003c\/i\u003e Andrew T. Jarboe follows these Indian soldiers—or sepoys—across the battlefields, examining the contested representations British and Indian audiences drew from the soldiers’ wartime experiences and the impacts these representations had on the British empire’s racial politics. Presenting overlooked or forgotten connections, Jarboe argues that Indian soldiers’ presence on battlefields across three continents contributed decisively to the British Empire’s final victory in the war. While the war and Indian soldiers’ involvement led to a hardening of the British empire’s prewar racist ideologies and governing policies, the battlefield contributions of Indi\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"\u003ci\u003eIndian Soldiers in World War I\u003c\/i\u003e counters nostalgic views of the British Empire and presents critical insight into the global nature of Indian involvement in the war and its consequences for India and the British Empire. General readers and specialists alike will find Jarboe’s prose both engaging and accessible.\"—Alex Paul, \u003ci\u003eJournal of Military History\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Jarboe skillfully explores the complex role that Indian soldiers played in the First World War and its repercussions. . . . [He] provides superb analysis of primary sources. . . . The variety of themes covered in the text and the style in which Jarboe writes make this a great book for anyone, from advanced scholars of World War I to those with even a slight interest in military (or race, class, or even gender) history.”—Tamala Malerk, H-War\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\"This is a welcome addition to the literature on the Great War and imperialism.\"—S. L. Smith, \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eIndian Soldiers in World War I\u003c\/i\u003e portrays, for the first time, a nuanced picture of what it was like for Indian soldiers during World War I. . . . Andrew Jarboe brings out both the globality and interconnectedness of the soldiers’ experience during the war. In addition he uses the hitherto neglected source of the Indian press. This extremely readable monograph will inevitably become an essential text for anyone interested in Indian soldiers during World War I.”—Alan Jeffreys, senior curator of the Imperial War Museum and author of \u003ci\u003eApproach to Battle: Training the Indian Army during the Second World War\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409221132631,"sku":"9781496206787","price":45.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/indian-soldiers-in-world-war-i-9781496206787","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}