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The Army in British India - From Colonial Warfare to Total War 1857 - 1947 (Hardcover, New)
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The Army in British India - From Colonial Warfare to Total War 1857 - 1947 (Hardcover, New)
Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Military History
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The army in India was the principal pillar of British power in
South Asia from the mid-nineteenth century until Indian
independence. This volume aims to evaluate the combat effectiveness
of the army in British India from the mutiny of 1857 until the
British departed India in 1947. It examines how the army in India
developed from a colonial police force into one of the world's
largest volunteer armies which saw service around the globe. The
author presents new primary material from international archival
sources and develops original interpretations of the political and
military role of the army in colonial India. These new arguments
include: the army's conduct of 'small wars' on the North-West
frontier aided it in conducting tactical warfare in Burma during
World War II; small unit raids developed in India were put to good
effect beyond India's borders; the army's practical experience of
counter-insurgency was used in Greece and Indonesia after 1945;
and, contrary to existing scholarship, the British did not follow a
deliberate policy of 'Indianization' of the officer corps .
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