Army of Empire: The Untold Story of the Indian Army in World War I.
by George Morton-Jack
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Basic Books, 2018. Hardcover. New/New. New tightly bound hardcover in new dust jacket. 8vo. ( 6.55 x 2.1 x 9.65 inches) Clean text free of marks or underlining. Includes notes, bibliography and an index. 608 pp.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Drawing on untapped new sources, the first global history of the Indian Expeditionary Forces in World War I While their story is almost always overlooked, the 1.5 million Indian soldiers who served the British Empire in World War I played a crucial role in the eventual Allied victory. Despite their sacrifices, Indian troops received mixed reactions from their allies and their enemies alike-some were treated as liberating heroes, some as mercenaries and conquerors themselves, and all as racial inferiors and a threat to white supremacy. Yet even as they fought as imperial troops under the British flag, their broadened horizons fired in them new hopes of racial equality and freedom on the path to Indian independence. Drawing on freshly uncovered interviews with members of the Indian Army in Iraq and elsewhere, historian George Morton-Jack paints a deeply human story of courage, colonization, and racism, and finally gives these men their rightful place in history.
Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Drawing on untapped new sources, the first global history of the Indian Expeditionary Forces in World War I While their story is almost always overlooked, the 1.5 million Indian soldiers who served the British Empire in World War I played a crucial role in the eventual Allied victory. Despite their sacrifices, Indian troops received mixed reactions from their allies and their enemies alike-some were treated as liberating heroes, some as mercenaries and conquerors themselves, and all as racial inferiors and a threat to white supremacy. Yet even as they fought as imperial troops under the British flag, their broadened horizons fired in them new hopes of racial equality and freedom on the path to Indian independence. Drawing on freshly uncovered interviews with members of the Indian Army in Iraq and elsewhere, historian George Morton-Jack paints a deeply human story of courage, colonization, and racism, and finally gives these men their rightful place in history.
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- Army of Empire: The Untold Story of the Indian Army in World War I.
- Author
- George Morton-Jack
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- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New
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- New
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- ISBN 10
- 046509404X
- ISBN 13
- 9780465094042
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Date Published
- 2018
- Keywords
- World War !, Expeditionary Forces, Indian Army, Anglo-Afridi War, Australia Forces, Basra, Camp Crescent Moon, Dast, Duff, Gallipoli, Gurkhas, Bubonic Plague, Hindus, Sikh, Afghanistan, Khan, Muslims, Pukhtun Massacre, James Willcocks,
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