Routledge Chapman & Hall
Culture, Conflict and the Military in Colonial South Asia
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- Kaushik Roy
- Routledge Chapman & Hall
- Paperback
- 9780367345167
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- History > Asia - India & South Asia
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
This book offers diverse and original perspectives on South Asia's imperial military history. Unlike prevailing studies, the chapters in the volume emphasize both the vital role of culture in framing imperial military practice and the multiple cultural effects of colonial military service and engagements. The volume spans from the early East India Company period through to the Second World War and India's independence, exploring themes such as the military in the field and at leisure, as well as examining the effects of imperial deployments in South Asia and across the British Empire. Drawing extensively on new archival research, the book integrates previously disparate accounts of imperial military history and raises new questions about culture and operational practice in the colonial Indian Army.
This work will be of interest to scholars and researchers of modern South Asian history, war and strategic studies, military history, the British Empire, as well as politics and international relations.
Author Bio
Kaushik Roy is Associate Professor, Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, West Bengal, India and Senior Researcher at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway.
He has written or edited 19 books, including most recently War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849, Hinduism and the Ethics of Warfare in South Asia, and The Army in British India.
Research Interests
Current
Conditions of Violence and Peace
Historical
Centre for the Study of Civil War (2003 - 2012)
Crosscutting Activities
Source: Peace Research Institute
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