About this title: Positioning itself within the global/comparative history approach, this volume studies the evolution of modern warfare in the subcontinent. It begins at c. 1740s when a European army for the first time defeated the feudal cavalry army of an Indian prince and carries the story of development of warfare till recent times. Synthesizing archival ...
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Description: New. India's colonial experience and contemporary geo-strategic significance makes the genesis of modern warfare in the subcontinent crucial to the understanding of international military history. Providing a comprehensive account, this Companion explores the transition in warfare especially focusing on strategy, technology, tactics, and the socio-political impact of modern warfare in the subcontinent from its inception in the 1740s till the present times. Beginning with the study of ... read more
Description: New. India's colonial experience and contemporary geo-strategic significance makes the genesis of modern warfare in the subcontinent crucial to the understanding of international military history. Providing a comprehensive account, this Companion explores the transition in warfare especially focusing on strategy, technology, tactics, and the socio-political impact of modern warfare in the subcontinent from its inception in the 1740s till the present times. Beginning with the study of ... read more
Binding: Hardback
Publisher: OXFORD UNIV PR
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780195698886ISBN:0195698886
Description: New. Positioning itself within the global/comparative history approach, this volume studies the evolution of modern warfare in the subcontinent. It begins at c. 1740s when a European army for the first time defeated the feudal cavalry army of an Indian pr... read more
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Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New Delhi, India
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780195698886ISBN:0195698886
Description: New in New jacket. 14 Cms x 22 Cms. India's colonial experience and contemporary geo-strategic significance makes the genesis of modern warfare in the subcontinent crucial to the understanding of international military history. Providing a comprehensive account, this Companion explores the transition in warfare especially focusing on strategy, technology, tactics, and the socio-political impact of modern warfare in the subcontinent from its inception in the 1740s till the present times. ... read more
Binding: Hardbound
Publisher: Oxford University Press, New Delhi
Date Published: 2009
ISBN-13:9780195698886ISBN:0195698886
Description: New. pp. 326. As New. Contents Preface. Introduction. 1. The clash of Military cultures Western warfare against the Indian Way of Warfare 1600 1800. 2. Limited Military modernization and Indian Society 1760 1849. 3. The beginning of technology oriented people's war 1857 8. 4. The road towards quasi industrial warfare 1860 1945. 5. The return of limited war in the subcontinent 1947 2006. 6. Counter insurgency operation from the Raj to Swaraj. 7. Naval history from the British Raj to Independent ... read more
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