Nick Lloyd is a Lecturer in the Defence Studies Department, King's College London at Joint Services Command and Staff College, Defence Academy of the UK. He is the author of 'Loos 1915' (2006) and holds a PhD from University of Birmingham.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Glossary of Selected Indian Words and Phrases Abbreviations Timeline Preface: Massacre at the Jallianwala Bag Introduction PART ONE: BEGINNINGS 1. The Road to Bombay 2. This ‘Creaking and Lumbering Machine’ 3. Gandhi and the Rowlatt Satyagraha 4. ‘An Amazing Sight’ 5. ‘Like an Ocean Being on Fire’ 6. ‘Days of Gloom and Sacrifice’ PART TWO: DISTURBANCES 7. ‘The Greatest Calamity Since the Mutiny’ 8. ‘A Terrible Quietness’ 9. ‘Some Hours of the Most Terrible Suspense’ 10. A ‘Serious Rising’ at Kasur 11. The ‘High-Water Mark’ 12. ‘How Suddenly the Embers Burst into Flame’ PART THREE: AFTERMATH 13. ‘Killing the Soul of a Nation’ 14. ‘A Risk Not Worth Taking’ 15. ‘We Must Have a Fearless Enquiry’ 16. ‘We Could See an Immense Crowd’ 17. ‘The Perfect Death-Trap’ 18. ‘A New Era is Opening’ Conclusion: Amritsar and the British in India Epilogue: Operation Blue Star Select Bibliography

Promotional Information

On 13 April 1919, a fateful event took place which was to define the last decades of the British Raj in India. This book dispels common myths and misconceptions surrounding the Jallianwala Bagh massacre and offers a new explanation of the decisions taken in 1919.

About the Author

Nick Lloyd is Lecturer in Defence Studies at King's College London, based at the Joint Services Command and Staff College in Shrivenham, Wiltshire. He is the author of Loos 1915 (2006) and holds a PhD from the University of Birmingham.

Reviews

'A brilliant piece of almost forensic revisionist history.' - Denis Judd, author of Empire: The British Imperial Experience from 1765 to the Present; 'Nick Lloyd's study of the massacre at Jallianwala Bagh is a stirring tale well told.' - Kaushik Roy, author of The Oxford Companion to Modern Warfare in India