02442cam a22004217i 450000100090000000300040000900500170001300800410003001000170007101500190008801600180010702000260012502000230015102000180017402000150019202000310020703500240023804000540026204200140031604300210033005000230035108200230037410000340039724501370043126400760056826400110064430000900065533600260074533700280077133800270079950400670082652008850089361000490177861000710182765000540189865000330195277600350198520721885OSt20200206093838.0180502t20182018enkabf   b    001 0 eng d  a  2018410449  aGBB8C40072bnb7 a0189320682Uk  a9781408707692q(hbk.)  a1408707691q(hbk.)  a9781408707708  a1408707705  z9781408707722 (ePub ebook)  a(OCoLC)on1054160111  aYDXbengcYDXerdadUABdNZAUCdOCLCFdUKMGBdDLC  alccopycat  aa-ii---ae-uk---00aD547.I5bM673 201804a940.412 54 MOR2231 aMorton-Jack, George,eauthor.14aThe Indian Empire at war :bfrom Jihad to victory, the untold story of the Indian Army in the First World War /cGeorge Morton-Jack. 1aLondon :bLittle, Brown, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group,c2018. 4c©2018  a582 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates :billustrations (some color), maps ;c24 cm  atextbtxt2rdacontent  aunmediatedbn2rdamedia  avolumebnc2rdacarrier  aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 530-550) and index.  aAlmost two million volunteers served the Indian army in the Great War, always under British regimental officers, high commanders and staff. 150,000 of them were long-serving pre-war professional soldiers; most of the remainder were wartime recruits, drawn from across South Asia. Half of the Indian soldiers were sent overseas, and those who returned did so with a different outlook on life - for some it lit the spark for Jihad and for even more it led to a desire for Independence. In most histories of the war, the Tommies, pals and poets have dominated the tales - but what of the war as experienced by their Indian counterparts? This remarkable, fresh take on WWI sets this right, telling the Indian army's story of 1914-18 through the voices of the service's officers and ranks, and of the princes, priests, prostitutes and others who encountered them across the continents.10aIndia.bArmyxHistoryyWorld War, 1914-1918.10aGreat Britain.bArmy.bBritish Indian ArmyxHistoryy20th century. 0aWorld War, 1914-1918xParticipation, East Indian. 0aWorld War, 1914-1918zIndia.08iebook version :z9781408707722