The Company's Sword: The East India Company and the Politics of Militarism, 1644-1858

ISBN-13: 9781108833882 / Angielski / Twarda / 2022

Ohio) Welsch Christina (College of Wooster

Opis

Examines the role of the East India Company's independent armies in the colonial government of South Asia.

Recenzje

'The Company's Sword is a thorough evaluation of the EIC's army as more than just a tool of empire, but interpreters of its authority. This book shows how European officers in India established and maintained rule 'by the sword' as a concept of empire that endured until 1857 and beyond.' Kevin Linch, University of Leeds

Spis treści

List of maps; List of figures; maps; Acknowledgements; A note on spelling and place names; Introduction; 1. Forging the sword; 2. The sepoy's oath; 3. Mercenaries, diplomats, and deserters; 4. The other revolution of 1776; 5. The empire preserved; 6. Stratocracy; 7. Breaking the officers' sword; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.