TY - BOOK AU - Heathcote, T. A AU - Heathcote, T. A. TI - The Military in British India: the development of British land forces in South Asia, 1600-1947 T2 - The Praetorian Press History of the British Army SN - 9781781590751 U1 - 954.03 HEA KW - History KW - History of Asia KW - India and neighboring south Asian countries KW - Great Britain. -- Army -- Colonial forces -- India -- History KW - India -- History, Military KW - Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire militaire KW - History -- Military -- Other KW - Technology & Engineering -- Military Science KW - Armed Forces -- Colonial forces N1 - Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Dedication; Acknowledgements; Notes on the Transliteration of Indian Words and Names; Preface to the Second Edition; Preface to the First Edition; Chapter 1 -- India's Military Heritage; Notes; Chapter 2 -- The Origins of British Military Power in India, 1600-1764; Notes; Chapter 3 -- The British Conquest of India, 1764-1822; Notes; Chapter 4 -- The Culmination of the Company's Raj, 1822-1858; Notes; Chapter 5 -- The Reconstruction, 1858-1864; Notes; Chapter 6 -- The Army of Occupation, 1862-1902; Notes. Chapter 7 -- The Staff and the Staff Corps, 1850-1902Notes; Chapter 8 -- Kitchener's Army, 1902-1914; Notes; Chapter 9 -- The Officer Problem, 1902-1947; Notes; Chapter 10 -- The Army of India, 1914-1947; Notes; Appendix I -- Presidents of the Board of Control for India, 1784-1858, and Secretaries of State for India, 1858-1947; Appendix II -- Governor-Generals in British India, 1774-1947; Appendix III -- Commanders-in-Chief in the East Indies, 1748-1947; Appendix IV -- Military Members of the Council of India, 1858-1929. Appendix V -- Secretaries of the Military Departments of the Court of Directors, 1809-1858, and at the India Office, 1858-1947Appendix VI -- Military Members of the Governor-General's Council, 1834-1947; Appendix VII -- Secretaries to the Governments of India and Bengal in the Military Department, 1800-1906; Appendix VIII -- Secretaries to the Government of India in the Departments of Military Supply, the Army, Defence and War, 1907-1947; Bibliography; Index N2 - T.A. Heathcote's study of the conflicts that established British rule in South Asia, and of the military's position in the constitution of British India, is a classic work in the field. By placing these conflicts clearly in their local context, his account moves away from the Euro-centric approach of many writers on British imperial military history. It provides a greater understanding not only of the history of the British Indian Army but also of the Indian experience, which had such a formative an effect on the British Army itself. This new edition has been fully revised and given appropriat ER -