This book provides a general introduction to the military history of South Asia, 1700 to the present, focusing on the development of the modern military cultures of India, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.
Daniel P. Marston is Senior Lecturer in the Department of
War Studies at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst (U.K.). He has
written Phoenix from the Ashes: The Indian Army in the Burma
Campaign (Praeger 2003) and is editor-in-chief for The Pacific War
Companion (2005).
Chandar S. Sundaram teaches South Asian, Southeast Asian,
European, and military history at The United International College
in Zhuhai, China. He has published on the Indian National Army, the
Indianization of the colonial Indian Army, and South Asian Warfare
and Society. He is currently researching the military culture of
the late-colonial Indian Army.
This volume contains 13 first-rate essays by new South Asian
scholars. They demonstrate that East India Company trade depended
upon military superiority; that the British learned how to
strengthen ties between officers and sepoys after the 1857 mutiny;
and that crystallization of the martial race theory was part of
imperial strategy….Highly recommended. All levels/libraries.
*Choice*
South Asia's geography and politics is of key interest to the
developing nations, and so A Military History of India and South
Asia From the East India Company to the Nuclear Era should be on
the shelves of any college-level collection, whether it be military
or civilian in nature. Collections also strong in Asian history and
culture will find this history important: it surveys the region
since 1700, covering major conflicts, ideological and social
differences, military encounters, and more. Experts contribute
chapters strongly supported by source materials and research.
*The Bookwatch*
This is both a solid introduction and also a thought-provoking text
for those with some prior knowledge of the Indian Army.
*The Bulletin of the Military Historical Society*
Complaining that Indian military history has been grossly neglected
by the South Asian studies community and by military historians,
Marston and Sundaram present a varied collection of 13 papers that
both distill work by established scholars and present new and
original research on military history in the South Asian
subcontinent. As the title implies, the opening paper examines the
armed expansion of the English East India Company from the mid-18th
to the mid-19th century and the final paper analyzes India's
current nuclear policy. Between these bookends are examinations of
army training at the Northwest frontier (1901-1947), the
performance of the Indian Army in the First World War, the
Indianization of the officer corps (1817-1940), the Indian wars
with China and Pakistan, and the conflict between the Tamil Tigers
and the government forces of Sri Lanka.
*Reference & Research Book News*
. . . those who are interested in the military history of South
Asia since the mid-eighteenth century will find it a great pleasure
to read.
*Army History*
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