The Oxford companion to modern warfare in India :

Roy, Kaushik, 1971-

The Oxford companion to modern warfare in India : from the eighteenth century to present times / Companion to modern warfare in India Modern warfare in India Kaushik Roy. - New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xvi, 326 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [289]-309) and index.

The clash of military cultures : Western warfare against the Indian way of warfare, 1600-1800 --
Limited military modernization and Indian society : 1760-1849 --
The beginning of technology-oriented people's War : 1857-8 --

The road towards quasi-industrial warfare : 1860-1945 --


The return of limited war in the subcontinent : 1947-2006 --



Counter-insurgency operations from the Raj to Swaraj --




Naval history from the British Raj to independent India : 1700-2000.






This volume studies the origin, characteristics, and evolution of modern warfare in the Indian subcontinent. Using a cross-cultural comparative analysis, it puts India's military experience in a global perspective to assess the uniqueness of the emergence of modern warfare in India.

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Military art and science--History.--India


India--History, Military.

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