Promotional Information

Chronicles the institutional and organizational changes that resulted in the dramatic transformation of a small British-led colonial force into a large modern national army.

Table of Contents

Introduction Abbreviations A Cathartic Debate: The Indianizatiion of the Indian Army Office Corps, 1817-1919 The High Road to Dehra Dun:The Institutionalization of the Indian Officer Corps, 1919-1947 An Officer and a Gentleman: The Socialization of the Indian Officer Cadet, 1919-1945 Wogs in the Mess: The Introduction of Indian Officers into the Colonial Indian Army, 1919-1947 The Roots of Doctrine: Modernization of the Indian Army, 1919-1939 The Crucible of War: The Second World War and the Emergence of the Indian General Staff The Indian Army and the Colonial Legacy Conclusion Bibliography Index

About the Author

Pradeep P. Barua is associate professor of history at the University of Nebraska, Kearney. He obtained his PhD from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in 1995. He has authored several articles on Indian military history in the Journal of Military History, Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History, Armed Forces & Society, and the Historian.

Reviews

The British Indian Army was a--perhaps the--crucial element of the Raj. It therefore merits careful study and, in well-researched monographs like this, is finally receiving close scholarly attention. . . . This is an important book for students of the Raj and its Army. Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates and above.
*Choice*

This is an interesting book on an important subject--the transformation of Britian's Indian Army as it began to 'Indianize' its officer corps from 1919 onwards. . . . [A]n engaging study, well worth the time of those seriously intersted in the twilight of the Ray and its indispensable army.
*The International History Review*