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Item Information   Holdings     Summary     More Content       More by this author     Morton-Jack, George, author.     Subjects     India. Army -- History.     Great Britain. Army. British Indian Army -- History -- 20th century.     World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, East Indian.     World War, 1914-1918 -- India.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Morton-Jack, George, author.       by title:      Army of empire : the...         MARC Display

Army of empire : the untold story of the Indian Army in World War I / George Morton-Jack. by Morton-Jack, George, author. New York : Basic Books, 2018. Subjects India. Army -- History.   Great Britain. Army. British Indian Army -- History -- 20th century.   World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, East Indian.   World War, 1914-1918 -- India. ISBN:  9780465094042 (hardcover) : 046509404X (hardcover) Description:  582 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm Edition:  First U.S. edition. Requests:  0 Summary:  Drawing on untapped new sources, the first global history of the Indian Expeditionary Forces in World War I. While their story is almost always overlooked, the 1.5 million Indian soldiers who served the British Empire in World War I played a crucial role in the eventual Allied victory. Despite their sacrifices, Indian troops received mixed reactions from their allies and their enemies alike--some were treated as liberating heroes, some as mercenaries and conquerors themselves, and all as racial inferiors and a threat to white supremacy. Yet even as they fought as imperial troops under the British flag, their broadened horizons fired in them new hopes of racial equality and freedom on the path to Indian independence. Drawing on freshly uncovered interviews with members of the Indian Army in Iraq and elsewhere, historian George Morton-Jack paints a deeply human story of courage, colonization, and racism, and finally gives these men their rightful place in history.   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Status   Hawaii State Library Language, Literature & History 940.41254 Mo Checked In Add Copy to MyList

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