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050 0 0 _aD547.I5
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082 0 4 _a940.412 54 MOR
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100 1 _aMorton-Jack, George,
_eauthor.
245 1 4 _aThe Indian Empire at war :
_bfrom Jihad to victory, the untold story of the Indian Army in the First World War /
_cGeorge Morton-Jack.
264 1 _aLondon :
_bLittle, Brown, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group,
_c2018.
264 4 _c©2018
300 _a582 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations (some color), maps ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 530-550) and index.
520 _aAlmost two million volunteers served the Indian army in the Great War, always under British regimental officers, high commanders and staff. 150,000 of them were long-serving pre-war professional soldiers; most of the remainder were wartime recruits, drawn from across South Asia. Half of the Indian soldiers were sent overseas, and those who returned did so with a different outlook on life - for some it lit the spark for Jihad and for even more it led to a desire for Independence. In most histories of the war, the Tommies, pals and poets have dominated the tales - but what of the war as experienced by their Indian counterparts? This remarkable, fresh take on WWI sets this right, telling the Indian army's story of 1914-18 through the voices of the service's officers and ranks, and of the princes, priests, prostitutes and others who encountered them across the continents.
610 1 0 _aIndia.
_bArmy
_xHistory
_yWorld War, 1914-1918.
610 1 0 _aGreat Britain.
_bArmy.
_bBritish Indian Army
_xHistory
_y20th century.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918
_xParticipation, East Indian.
650 0 _aWorld War, 1914-1918
_zIndia.
776 0 8 _iebook version :
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