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The testimonies of Indian soldiers and the two world wars : between self and sepoy / Gajendra Singh

Englisch

London ; New Delhi ; New York : Bloomsbury [2014], 2014

1 Online-Ressource (x, 295 p)

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-1-4742-1115-4 online

Weitere Ausgaben: 978-1-78093-627-7 (Druckausgabe) hardback, 978-1-78093-760-1 (andere physische Form) electronic book, 978-1-78093-820-2 (andere physische Form) PDF, 978-1-4725-8389-5 (andere physische Form) paperback

DOI: 10.5040/9781474211154

*World War (1939-1945) ; World War (1914-1918) ; India -- Army ; Great Britain -- Army -- British Indian Army

Klassifikation der Library of Congress: UA842

"In the two World Wars, hundreds of thousands of Indian sepoys were mobilized, recruited and shipped overseas to fight for the British Crown. The Indian Army was the chief Imperial reserve for an empire under threat. But how did those sepoys understand and explain their own war experiences and indeed themselves through that experience? How much did their testimonies realise and reflect their own fragmented identities as both colonial subjects and imperial policemen? The Testimonies of Indian Soldiers and the Two World Wars draws upon the accounts of Indian combatants to explore how they came to terms with the conflicts. In thematic chapters, Gajendra Singh traces the evolution of military identities under the British Raj and considers how those identities became embattled in the praxis of soldiers' war testimonies - chiefly letters, depositions and interrogations. It becomes a story of mutiny and obedience; of horror, loss and silence. This book tells that story and is an important contribution to histories of the British Empire, South Asia and the two World Wars."--Bloomsbury Publishing

 

London : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2014

London : Bloomsbury Publishing

Also issued in print.

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