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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.

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Kategoria Książki po angielsku Society & social sciences Society & culture: general Social groups

• Pełny tytuł: Testimonies of Indian Soldiers and the Two World Wars
• Autor: Gajendra Singh
• Język: Angielski
• Oprawa: Twarda
• Liczba stron: 312
• EAN: 9781780936277
• ISBN: 1780936273
• ID: 02120628
• Wydawca: Bloomsbury Publishing
• Waga: 610 g
• Wymiary: 240 × 156 × 23 mm
• Data wydania: 16. January 2014

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