Soldiers of Empire: Indian and British Armies in World War II

ISBN-13: 9781316620656 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 338 str.

Tarak Barkawi

Opis

Barkawi re-imagines the study of war with imperial and multinational armies that fought in Asia in the Second World War.

Recenzje

'… Barkawi challenges understandings of soldiers and armies in all contexts, demonstrates the colonial underpinnings of military historiography (and their incorporation in contemporary scholarship), and establishes the central role of empire in shaping the military forces of both the past and today. As such, this book should be essential reading for scholars of military history, (critical) war studies, and global and postcolonial international relations at all levels.' Emil Archambault, International Studies Review

Spis treści

Introduction. Decolonising the soldier; Part I. Colonial Soldiers: 1. Making colonial soldiers in British India; 2. Unmaking an imperial army; 3. Politics and prisoners in the Indian army; Part II. Going to War: 4. Defeat, drill and discipline; 5. Ritual, solidarity and sacrifice; 6. Battle; Part III. History and Theory: 7. The experience and representation of combat; 8. Cosmopolitan military histories and sociologies.