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The Raj at War: A People's History of India's Second World War
Yasmin Khan
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Description for The Raj at War: A People's History of India's Second World War
Paperback. The Second World War was not fought by Britain alone. India produced the largest volunteer army in world history: over 2 million men. In this book, we hear the myriad voices of ordinary Indian people, from the first Indian to win the Victoria Cross, the nurses in Indian General Hospitals to labourers and their families in remote villages. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJH; HBJF; HBLW; HBWQ; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 360.
The Second World War was not fought by Britain alone. India produced the largest volunteer army in world history: over 2 million men. But, until now, there has never been a comprehensive account of India's turbulent home front and the nexus between warfare and India's society. In The Raj at War we hear the myriad voices of ordinary Indian people, from the first Indian to win the Victoria Cross to the three soldiers imprisoned as `traitors to the Raj' who returned to a hero's welcome, from the nurses in Indian General Hospitals to labourers and their families in remote villages. ... Read more
The Second World War was not fought by Britain alone. India produced the largest volunteer army in world history: over 2 million men. But, until now, there has never been a comprehensive account of India's turbulent home front and the nexus between warfare and India's society. In The Raj at War we hear the myriad voices of ordinary Indian people, from the first Indian to win the Victoria Cross to the three soldiers imprisoned as `traitors to the Raj' who returned to a hero's welcome, from the nurses in Indian General Hospitals to labourers and their families in remote villages. ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
Number of Pages
432
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780099542278
SKU
V9780099542278
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Ref
99-26
About Yasmin Khan
Yasmin Khan is a British writer and historian. She is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Kellogg College. Her first book, The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan, won the Gladstone Prize from the Royal Historical Society in 2007 and was longlisted for the Orwell Prize in 2008.
Reviews for The Raj at War: A People's History of India's Second World War
Exceptional...balances analysis, history and human compassion in a narrative that leaves one shaken
Juliet Nicolson, 5 stars
Daily Telegraph
Almost impossible to put down
New Statesman
The Second World War is one of the most written-about episodes in all world history: every month sees a dozen new titles published. Yet, astonishingly, ... Read more
Juliet Nicolson, 5 stars
Daily Telegraph
Almost impossible to put down
New Statesman
The Second World War is one of the most written-about episodes in all world history: every month sees a dozen new titles published. Yet, astonishingly, ... Read more