商品簡介
This collection of 17 essays, edited by Roy (history, Jadavpur U., India), examines the experiences of the Indian Army during the two World Wars. Collectively, the essays represent a cross between traditional military history with its focus on campaigns, tactics, and leadership and new military history with its study of the impact of warfare on society and culture. Major topics include the evolution and activities of Indian overseas forces, the Indian Army's deployment within India, regional military traditions of the Punjab, and ethnicity and the army in British India. Annotation c2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Kaushik Roy, Ph.D. (2001) in History, Jawaharlal Nehru University, is Reader of History at Jadavpur University and Senior Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Civil War at Peace Research Institute Oslo. Kaushik Roy has written and edited fourteen books and forty-three essays in various peer reviewed journals and edited volumes.
