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Kaushik Roy is Reader in History at Jadavpur University, India, and Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway.

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A volume in the Bloomsbury series "Studies in Military History," edited by Jeremy Black, Roy’s The Army in British India is an excellent overview of the history and character of the Indian Army, stripped of much of the colonial fiction. -- A. A. Nofi * StrategyPage *

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Introduction 1. The Uprising of 1857-59 2. 'Small War' on the Indus Frontier 1859-1913 3. Counter-insurgency in North-East India 1859-1913 4. The Army in India in World War I 5. Modernisation and Nationalism in the Inter-War Era 1919-38 6. The Armed Forces of British India and World War II 7. Demobilisation and Decolonisation 1947-49 Conclusion

The Army in British India From Colonial Warfare to Total War 1857 1947 Bloomsbury Studies in Military History

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      Publisher Bloomsbury
      Imprint Bloomsbury Academic
      Published 1 August 2014
      ISBN-13 9781472570697
      978-1472570697
      ISBN-10 1472570693
      Also in:
      Asian history History and Archaeology Modern warfare

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Kaushik Roy is Reader in History at Jadavpur University, India, and Senior Researcher at the Peace Research Institute Oslo, Norway.

      Trade Review
      A volume in the Bloomsbury series "Studies in Military History," edited by Jeremy Black, Roy’s The Army in British India is an excellent overview of the history and character of the Indian Army, stripped of much of the colonial fiction. -- A. A. Nofi * StrategyPage *

      Table of Contents
      Introduction 1. The Uprising of 1857-59 2. 'Small War' on the Indus Frontier 1859-1913 3. Counter-insurgency in North-East India 1859-1913 4. The Army in India in World War I 5. Modernisation and Nationalism in the Inter-War Era 1919-38 6. The Armed Forces of British India and World War II 7. Demobilisation and Decolonisation 1947-49 Conclusion

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