Faithful Fighters - Identity and Power in the British Indian Army

Kate Imy is Assistant Professor of History at the University of North Texas.

List of contents

1. Spiritual Swords and Martial Violence

2. Borders, Boundaries, and Belonging

3. Purifying the Soldier

4. The Government's Salt from Fast to Famine

5. A Nation at Odds with Nationalism

6. Martial Masculinity in the Fascist Utopia

About the author

Kate Imy is is a historian and screenwriter.

Summary

As anti-colonial activism and global war intensified in the twentieth century, the Hindu, Muslim, Christian and Sikh soldiers of the British Indian Army wrestled with the moral dilemma of giving their devotion to either nationalism or imperialism.

Product details

• Authors: Kate Imy
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2019
• EAN: 9781503610026
• ISBN: 978-1-5036-1002-6
• No. of pages: 277
• Series: South Asia in Motion
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; 20. Jahrhundert (1900 bis 1999 n. Chr.), Militärgeschichte, Asiatische Geschichte, Indischer Subkontinent