Tarak Barkawi

Soldiers of Empire

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Produktbeschreibung

Barkawi re-imagines the study of war with imperial and multinational armies that fought in Asia in the Second World War.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 340
• Erscheinungstermin: 19. März 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 494g
• ISBN-13: 9781316620656
• ISBN-10: 1316620654
• Artikelnr.: 48530386

Autorenporträt

Tarak Barkawi is Reader in the Department of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction. Decolonising the soldier
Part I. Colonial Soldiers: 1. Making colonial soldiers in British India
2. Unmaking an imperial army
3. Politics and prisoners in the Indian army
Part II. Going to War: 4. Defeat, drill and discipline
5. Ritual, solidarity and sacrifice
6. Battle
Part III. History and Theory: 7. The experience and representation of combat
8. Cosmopolitan military histories and sociologies.