Soldiers of Empire - Indian and British Armies in World War II

Informationen zum Autor Tarak Barkawi is Reader in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Klappentext Barkawi re-imagines the study of war with imperial and multinational armies that fought in Asia in the Second World War. Zusammenfassung Soldiers of Empire offers a new account of the experience of war through a study of the Indian and British armies in World War II. It recounts a multicultural world of soldiering from the Punjab to Wales! from training and everyday life to combat against the Japanese in Burma. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction. Decolonising the soldier; Part I. Colonial Soldiers: 1. Making colonial soldiers in British India; 2. Unmaking an imperial army; 3. Politics and prisoners in the Indian army; Part II. Going to War: 4. Defeat, drill and discipline; 5. Ritual, solidarity and sacrifice; 6. Battle; Part III. History and Theory: 7. The experience and representation of combat; 8. Cosmopolitan military histories and sociologies.

Product details

• Authors: Tarak Barkawi, Tarak (London School of Economics and Pol Barkawi, Tarak (London School of Economics and Political Science) Barkawi, Barkawi Tarak
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.12.2017
• EAN: 9781316620656
• ISBN: 978-1-316-62065-6
• No. of pages: 338
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology; Sociology, Asia, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, British Empire, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Minority Studies, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, International Relations, Second World War, Social and cultural history, c 1938 to c 1946 (World War Two period), Ethnic groups and multicultural studies, Ethnic minorities & multicultural studies, Modern warfare, c 1939 to c 1945 (including WW2), Military life & institutions, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Biracial & Multiracial Studies, Military institutions, HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General