Tarak Barkawi

Soldiers of Empire (eBook, PDF)

Indian and British Armies in World War II

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

How are soldiers made? Why do they fight? Re-imagining the study of armed forces and society, Barkawi examines the imperial and multinational armies that fought in Asia in the Second World War, especially the British Indian army in the Burma campaign. Going beyond conventional narratives, Barkawi studies soldiers in transnational context, from recruitment and training to combat and memory. Drawing on history, sociology and anthropology, the book critiques the 'Western way of war' from a postcolonial perspective. Barkawi reconceives soldiers as cosmopolitan, their battles irreducible to the national histories that monopolise them. This book will appeal to those interested in the Second World War, armed forces and the British Empire, and students and scholars of military sociology and history, South Asian studies and international relations.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Mai 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781316766873
• Artikelnr.: 48678214

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.