Prof. Peter Stanley of the University of NSW Canberra is one of Australia’s most distinguished military-social historians. Formerly the Principal Historian at the Australian War Memorial, Australia’s national military museum, he has published over thirty books, many in Australian military history, and especially on the world wars. In 2011 his book Bad Characters: Sex, Crime, Mutiny, Murder and the Australian imperial Force, was jointly awarded the Prime Minister’s Prize for Australian History. Peter has published several books on the military social history of British India, including White Mutiny (1998), the first book on the British soldiers’ protest of 1859-60 in Bengal and Die in Battle, Do not Despair (2015), the first book on Indians on Gallipoli.
“ … without question, the best work of military history that I have
read for a considerable time. Brilliantly researched, fluently
written and fascinating to read, I recommend it to anyone with an
interest in the Gallipoli campaign, the British Army in India, the
Indian Army or even the Great War in general … A quite brilliant
book, and beautifully produced in high quality paper.”
*Long Long Trail*
… Stanley's book is inspirational and will delight readers
interested in the minute details of military history and of the
Indian Army in particular. Scholars of late colonial India will
find much information to mine, both empirically in terms of the
Indian element in the First World War and methodologically in terms
of how to write such histories. The instructive quality of
Stanley's book is illuminating.
*The Journal of Military History*
Stanley paints a fascinating picture of Indian army forces…
*Military History Matters (Reviewer) 17/02/2016*
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