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020			_a9781781590751
028			_a;Variety Books Publishers & Distributors _b:B-10 Street No 2 West Vinod Nagar Delhi 110092 _c:IM2929 _d:12/05/2022
082			_a954.03 HEA
100			_aHeathcote, T. A
245			_aThe Military in British India : _b the development of British land forces in South Asia, 1600-1947 _c/ T A Heathcote
300			_axvii, 232p _c24cm.
365			_b1245
490			_aThe Praetorian Press History of the British Army
505			_aTitle 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.
520			_a 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
650			_aHistory
650			_aHistory of Asia
650			_aIndia and neighboring south Asian countries;
650			_aGreat Britain. -- Army -- Colonial forces -- India -- History.
650			_aIndia -- History, Military.
650			_aGrande-Bretagne -- Histoire militaire.
650			_aHistory -- Military -- Other.
650			_aTechnology & Engineering -- Military Science.
650			_aArmed Forces -- Colonial forces.
700			_aHeathcote, T. A.
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