THE INDIAN ARMY IN THE FIRST WORLD WAR: New Perspectives

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Academic reassessment of the global role of the Indian Army during WWI. It looks at the historiography of the army -- taking into account the recent work on the army (particularly on the Western Front in 1914-1915). Includes seven illustrations and two maps.

Covers the traditional areas of the Indian Army on the Western Front, in Palestine, Mesopotamia and the defense of the Suez Canal; however, there are also chapters on combined operations; Indian prisoners of war in Germany and Turkey; the expansion of the officer corps; and the Sikh experience, as well as the mobilization of the equine army at the beginning of the war and the demobilization of the army in the period from 1918 until 1923. Three additional chapters are related to the theme, such as the role of the Royal Indian Marine; the Territorial Army in India; and Churchill's portrayal of the Indian Army during the Gallipoli campaign.