TY - BOOK AU - MARSTON Daniel P AU - SUNDARAM Chandar S TI - A military history of India and South Asia: from the East India Company to the nuclear era SN - 9780253219992 (pbk) : PY - 2008/// CY - Bloomington IN PB - Indiana University Press KW - INDIA KW - MILITARY HISTORY N1 - Originally published: Westport CT : Praeger , 2007 N2 - 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 ER -