MARSTON Daniel P

A military history of India and South Asia : from the East India Company to the nuclear era / edited by Daniel P Marston and Chandar S Sundaram. - Bloomington IN : Indiana University Press, 2008. - xii, 238 p.

Originally published: Westport CT : Praeger , 2007.

Informative account of the central role of military force in the development of British rule in India; the substantial contribution of the Indian Army in the First and Second World Wars; and how India's armed forces have evolved since independence in 1947. The latter includes conflict with Pakistan, with China, involvement in the civil war in Sri Lanka, and India's nuclear weapons policy.

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INDIA--ARMED FORCES


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