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1 online resource (ix, 295 pages). |
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War, culture and society
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War, culture and society.
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| Summary |
In the two World Wars, hundreds of thousands of Indian sepoys were mobilized, recruited and shipped overseas to fight for the British Crown. The Indian Army was the chief Imperial reserve for an empire under threat. But how did those sepoys understand and explain their own war experiences and indeed themselves through that experience? How much did their testimonies realise and reflect their own fragmented identities as both colonial subjects and imperial policemen? The Testimonies of Indian Soldiers and the Two World Wars draws upon the accounts of Indian combatants to explore how they came to. |
| Contents |
That "Jungian thing": Defining the colonial soldier -- Reading soldiers' testimonies -- Emplotting the witness -- In Search of Colonial Negatives: Martial Race Theories, Recruiting Handbooks and the Indian Army, c.1890-1945 -- Fulfilling colonial fantasies in pursuit of the martial race -- The dangers of being both black and a lion: Sikhs -- From noble frontiersman to debauched tribal: The Pathan -- Rediscovering the oldest of the martial classes: The rural Brahmin -- Conclusion: Following the negative -- More Like Brothers and Fathers to the Sepoys: Welfare, Discipline and Censorship in the Army -- The origins and evolution of Indian military law -- These men have defecated in their dhotis through sheer fright: Welfare, war trauma and dealing with the Indian insane -- It is by the terror which it inspires that it produces good: Discipline in the Army -- Conclusion: The paternal need to regulate sipahis' speech -- The Perils of Oriental Correspondence: Sipahis, Letters and Writing at the Crossroads -- Re-envisaging the colonial gaze through Asian eyes -- Eating sweetmeats in Brighton: Traversing sexual frontiers and the Kitchener Indian Hospital -- What you've all got to go through for the Emperor: Contracts, self-mutilation and malingering during World War I -- I dreamed and dreamed of getting back to India ... but the dream ended in nothing more than a dream: Famine and falling houses during World War II -- Conclusion: Casting a shadow (imperfectly) over Lalu -- Throwing Snowballs in France: (Re- )writing a letter and (re- )appraising Islam, 1915-1918 -- Circulating the words of the Prophet(s): Chain letters, German propaganda and Ahmadi missionaries -- Shaping Snowballs in France: (Re)reading and (re)writing the Snowball letter -- Could a man be so perverted to lose his religion for the sake of a woman?: Sex, intercourse and religion in France -- Show the frenzy of Islam in the fight, Oh Musalmans!: Jazirat-al-Arab, 15th Lancers and mutiny in Mesopotamia -- Conclusion: (Re- )writing a letter and (re- )appraising Islam -- Mutiny, Fabricating Court Testimony and Hiding in the Latrine: The 5th Light Infantry in Singapore -- L'audace toujours L'audace: The objectives of the Court of Inquiry -- Silences, ciphers and buying tins of milk: The testimony of Feroze Khan -- Naming all the thieves as the Court's approver: Fazal Azim's testimony -- If you wish to save your life, run!: The deposition of Sazawar Khan and embracing victimhood -- Occupying the margins and being the outsider: The testimony of Dost Mohamed -- Conclusion: Remembering to act like what we are -- Breaking the Chains with Which We Were Bound: The Interrogation Chamber, the Indian National Army and the Negation of Military Identities, 1941-1947. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
India. Army -- History -- 20th century.
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India. Army. |
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History. |
| Chronological Term |
20th century |
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Great Britain. Army. British Indian Army -- History -- 20th century.
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Great Britain. Army. British Indian Army. |
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World War, 1914-1918 -- Participation, Indian.
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World War (1914-1918) |
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Indian.
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World War (1939-1945) |
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India -- History, Military -- 20th century.
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India. |
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History, Military. |
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HISTORY -- Europe -- Western. |
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Military participation -- Indian. |
| Chronological Term |
1900-1999 |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Military history.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Singh, Gajendra. Testimonies of Indian Soldiers and the Two World Wars : Between Self and Sepoy. London : Bloomsbury Publishing, ©2014 9781780936277 |
| ISBN |
9781780938202 (electronic book) |
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1780938209 (electronic book) |
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9781474247870 |
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1474247873 |
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1780936273 (Cloth) |
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9781780936277 (Cloth) |
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1780937601 (electronic book) |
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9781780937601 (electronic book) |
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9781306720083 (MyiLibrary) |
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1306720087 (MyiLibrary) |
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9781474211154 (online) |
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1474211151 |
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9781472583895 (paperback) |
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1472583892 |
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