The Oxford companion to modern warfare in India : from the eighteenth century to present times / Kaushik Roy.

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TextLanguage: English Publication details: New Delhi : Oxford University Press, 2009.Description: xvi, 326 p. : ill., maps ; 29 cmISBN:

9780195698886
0195698886

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Companion to modern warfare in India
Modern warfare in India

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355.020 ROY

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Contents:

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.

Summary: 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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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
General Books	CUTN Central Library Social Sciences	Non-fiction	355.020 ROY (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		30096

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.

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

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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