TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morton-Jack,George
TI  - The Indian Empire at war: from Jihad to victory, the untold story of the Indian Army in the First World War 
SN  - 9781408707692
AV  - D547.I5 M673 2018
U1  - 940.412 54 MOR 23
PY  - 2018///
CY  - London
PB  - Little, Brown, an imprint of Little, Brown Book Group
KW  - India
KW  - Army
KW  - History
KW  - World War, 1914-1918
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - British Indian Army
KW  - 20th century
KW  - Participation, East Indian
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 530-550) and index
N2  - 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
ER  -