About the Book: Indian Army and the First World War: 191418
Accustomed to conducting low-intensity warfare before 1914, the Indian Army
learnt to engage in high-intensity conventional warfare during the course of
World War I, thereby exhibiting a steep learning curve. Being the bulwark of the
British Empire in South Asia, the 'brown warriors of the Raj functioned as an
imperial fire brigade during the war. Studying the Indian Army as an institution
during the war, Kaushik Roy delineates its social, cultural, and organizational
aspects to understand its role in the scheme of British imperial projects.
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