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Informationen zum Autor Dr Kaushik Roy is Guru Nanak Chair Professor in the Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India and Global Fellow at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway. Klappentext The present monograph is a study of the Indian armed forces during the Second World War. This monograph is a corrective to the cultural studies approach of totally neglecting blood and gore. Rather than merely providing a chronological account of military operations, combat dynamics is integrated with the social and cultural contexts. Tools, ideas and institutions of violence are fused with the social fabric and the cultural context. An attempt is made to evaluate the combat effectiveness of the Indian armed forces. The focus is on leadership at the level of brigades, battalions and platoons and the lethal technology they used in the different terrains of Malay and Burma. Further, soldiers views of combat, military life and the home front are also included. Zusammenfassung The Second World War remains a defining chapter in modern world history. Colonial Indiaâs involvement in the war has often been studied against the backdrop of the ongoing freedom struggle, the varying attitudes of the Indian National Congress and the Muslim League, and the formation of the Azad Hind Fauj under Subhas Chandra Bose. Moving beyond the claims of how Indian resources and soldiers aided the Allies in winning the war, this volume explores the complex interrelationship between the Indian armed forces, the Indian society, and the war.Drawing on archival data, this book focuses on understanding the impact of large-scale mobilization of manpower and resources on an underdeveloped agrarian society; the communities which joined the Indian armed forces; why the Indian soldiers remained loyal to the Raj; and how they defeated the Japanese in Burma and the Italians and the Germans in Africa and Italy.Rather than merely providing a chronological account of military operations, Roy fuses ideas and institutions of violence with the prevalent social and cultural contexts. He further asserts that nationalism was not a strong sentiment among the Indian soldiers involved in the war, who were quite content with the British military service. Inhaltsverzeichnis List of Tables, Maps, Figure Preface Acknowledgements List of Abbreviations Maps Introduction 1. Manpower Mobilization for the Indian Armed Forces: 1939-45 2. Military Industrialization in India: 1939-45 3. Morale, Discipline, and Discontent in the Indian Armed Forces 4. The Indian Army and Internal Security: 1939-45 5. The Indian Army in Africa and Italy: 1940-4 6. Disaster in Hong Kong, Malaya, and Singapore: 1941-2 7. From Defeat to Victory: Burma, January 1942-August 1945 Conclusion Glossary Bibliography Index ...
