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The Imperial security state : British colonial knowledge and empire-building in Asia / James Louis Hevia

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HEVIA James Louis

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Cambridge , New York : Cambridge Univ Press, 2012Description: viii, 304 pages : illustration, maps ; 24 cmISBN:

9780521896085 (hbk.):

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Summary: "The Imperial Security State explores an important but under-explored dimension of British imperialism - its information system and the close links between military knowledge and the maintenance of empire. James Hevia's innovative study focuses on route books and military reports produced by the British Indian Army military intelligence between 1880 and 1940. He shows that together these formed a renewable and authoritative archive that was used to train intelligence officers, to inform civilian policy makers and to provide vital information to commanders as they approached the battlefield.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Mindef Library & Info Centre On-Shelf	355.343 HEV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		38542-3001
Book	Training Institute Library On-Shelf	355.343 HEV (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		38542-2001

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Includes bibliographical references and index

"The Imperial Security State explores an important but under-explored dimension of British imperialism - its information system and the close links between military knowledge and the maintenance of empire. James Hevia's innovative study focuses on route books and military reports produced by the British Indian Army military intelligence between 1880 and 1940. He shows that together these formed a renewable and authoritative archive that was used to train intelligence officers, to inform civilian policy makers and to provide vital information to commanders as they approached the battlefield.

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