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The Military in British India : the development of British land forces in South Asia, 1600-1947 / T A Heathcote

By: Heathcote, T. AContributor(s): Heathcote, T. AMaterial type: Text

TextPublisher number: ;Variety Books Publishers & Distributors | :B-10 Street No 2 West Vinod Nagar Delhi 110092 Series: The Praetorian Press History of the British ArmyDescription: xvii, 232p 24cmISBN: 9781781590751Subject(s): History | History of Asia | India and neighboring south Asian countries | Great Britain. -- Army -- Colonial forces -- India -- History | India -- History, Military | Grande-Bretagne -- Histoire militaire | History -- Military -- Other | Technology & Engineering -- Military Science | Armed Forces -- Colonial forcesDDC classification: 954.03 HEA

Contents:

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.

Summary: 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

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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.

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

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