02652cam a22004817i 4500 7005 7005 20721885 OSt 20200206093838.0 180502t20182018enkabf b 001 0 eng d 2018410449 GBB8C4007 bnb 018932068 Uk 9781408707692 (hbk.) 1408707691 (hbk.) 9781408707708 1408707705 9781408707722 (ePub ebook) (OCoLC)on1054160111 YDX eng YDX rda UAB NZAUC OCLCF UKMGB DLC lccopycat a-ii--- e-uk--- D547.I5 M673 2018 940.412 54 MOR 23 Morton-Jack, George, author. The Indian Empire at war : from Jihad to victory, the untold story of the Indian Army in the First World War / George Morton-Jack. London : Little, Brown, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2018. ©2018 582 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 24 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 530-550) and index. Almost 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. India. Army History World War, 1914-1918. Great Britain. Army. British Indian Army History 20th century. World War, 1914-1918 Participation, East Indian. World War, 1914-1918 India. ebook version : 9781408707722 7 cbc copycat 3 ncip 20 y-gencatlg ddc STL 0 0 ddc 0 0 Stack II 135/2 AIISH AIISH 2020-02-06 0 940.412 54 MOR 22028 2020-02-06 00:00:00 2020-02-06 STL