The Indian Army and the End of the Raj

ISBN-13: 9781316635513 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 400 str.

Daniel Marston

Opis

A unique examination of the role of the Indian army in post-World War II India during the run-up to Partition.

Recenzje

'Marston's work is eminently readable and presents a very clear analysis of what strengths the Army of the Raj was able to draw upon to overcome civil and political disorder. His use of a myriad of primary sources further reinforces his thesis and position. His is not a study of the individual soldier but their reminisces and that of their peers and commanders are the basis upon which the work is built … Marston's book is an outstanding work and deserves the closest of review.' Chris Buckham, War History Online (warhistoryonline.com)

Spis treści

Introduction; 1. The bedrock of the Raj: the Indian Army before 1939; 2. The performance of the Indian army in the Second World War; 3. Question of loyalty? The Indian National Army and the Royal Indian Navy mutiny; 4. The Indian Army in French Indo-China and the Netherlands East Indies 1945–6; 5. 1946, the year of difficulty: internal security and the rise of communal violence; 6. Demobilisation, nationalisation and division of the army in the midst of chaos; 7. 1947: the year of reckoning and the end of the Raj; Conclusion: the end of the British Indian Army; Bibliography; Index.