Randolf G. S. Cooper (University of Cambridge)

The Anglo-Maratha Campaigns and the Contest for India

The Struggle for Control of the South Asian Military Economy

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Produktbeschreibung

This book analyses the Anglo-Maratha Campaigns of 1803 which represented the last serious indigenous obstacle to the formation of the British Raj. It re-examines the campaigns and assumptions concerning 'the Military Revolution' and shows that British victory hinged on economics and military intelligence, not superior discipline, drill and technology.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 456
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Februar 2007
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 702g
• ISBN-13: 9780521036467
• ISBN-10: 0521036461
• Artikelnr.: 22731300

Autorenporträt

Randolf G. S. Cooper is a Visiting Fellow at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge.

Inhaltsangabe

List of maps
Acknowledgements
A note on transliteration and references
List of abbreviations used in the references
Introduction
1. Maratha military culture
2. British perceptions and the road to war in 1803
3. The Deccan campaign of 1803
4. The Hindustan campaign of 1803
5. 'Coming in'
6. The anatomy of victory
Appendix I: chronology of Anglo-South Asian wars
Appendix II: British troop strengths and casualties for the Hindustan and Deccan campaigns 1803
Appendix III: Governor-General Wellesley's 'Maratha' proclamation of 1803
Appendix IV: mercenary pension records
Appendix V: the Marathas' employment of mercenaries in historic perspective
Glossary
Notes
Bibliography
Index.