Warfare, State and Society in South Asia
Warfare, State and Society in South Asia
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Year: 2010
Pages: 740
Size: 153 x 229 mm
Publisher: Viva Books Originals
Sales Territory: Worldwide
Description:
Warfare, State and Society in South Asia includes 26 essays organized under five sections. The Editor's introduction provides the background and puts the essays in historical context, also sketching the changing contours of military historiography.
• Ancient Indian Warfare from 300 BCE-600 CE: Ritual Combat or Lethal Battle• • The Demigods on Horses• Warfare in Medieval India 900 CE-1700 CE • A Military Revolution in early Modern India (1740-1849) • Military Confrontation and Collaboration in British India: 1857-1947 • Colonial Continuity and Post-Colonial Innovations1947-2005
This comprehensive collection of scholarly writings in military historiography focuses on the relationship between war, state and society in Indian history from ancient to modern times. It not only throws light on the social and cultural aspects of warfare but also includes analytical studies of operations, battles, doctrines and command. By bringing together hitherto scattered pieces of writing by the Indian officers who participated in the campaigns, as well as essays by modern researchers, this volume attempts to chart the linkages between military hardware and the changing nature of warfare. Ambitious in its spatial and temporal scope, this book also covers wars conducted by stateless marginal groups. Besides being an authoritative reference for students and scholars of South Asian history, Indian Ocean Studies, International Relations and Political Science, it will also interest military officers and the strategic community, given the present implications of the many trends the authors have discussed.
Target Audience:
Researchers in the area of South Asian history, Indian ocean studies, International relations and political science and military officers.
Contents:
Section1 Ancient Indian Warfare from 300 BCE-600 CE: Ritual Combat or Lethal Battle: Art of war in Ancient India (600 BC • AD 300) • Military Pursuits and National Defence of the Hindus from the Fall of the Mauryas to the End of the Second Magadhan Empire (c.185 BC • AD 550) • The War Chariots • Weapons, Fortifications and Military Training in Ancient India • Section II: The Demigods on Horses• Warfare in Medieval India, 900 CE • 1700 CE: The Striking Power of the Army of the Sultanate • A Phase in Mughal-Assam Relations: Raja Ram Singh's Futile Expeditation (1668 • 71) • Guerrilla Warfare in Medieval India • Origin and Development of Gunpowder Technology in India: AD 1250 • 1500 • Gunpowder and Empire: Indian Case • Gunpower Artillery and Military Architecture in South India (15 • 18th Century) • Section III: A Military Revolution in Early Modern India (1740 • 1849)•: Military Structure of the Portuguese Navy in the Indian Ocean • The First Half of the 16th Century • Hyder Ali's Fleet • Limitations of Military Technology: Naval Warfare on the West Coast, 1650 • 1800 • Military Synthesis in South Armies, Warfare, and Indian Society, c.1740 • 1849 • Section IV: Military Confrontation and Collaboration in British India: 1857 • 1947: The Recruitment of the Bengal Army: Beyond the Myth of the Zamindar's Son • Company Bahadur Against the Pandies: The Military Dimension of 1857 Mutiny Revisited • Military Impreatives and Punjab's Agricultural Expansion • Sailors and the Crowd: Popular Protest in Karachi, 1946 • Section V: Colonial Continuity and Post-Colonial Innovations: 1947 • 2005: Indian Defence Expenditure • 1872 • 1967* • Decentralization and Diffusion of power in the Army Structures of India and Pakistan • Negotiating Insurgencies: The Naga Imbroglio • Air Power in the Information Age • Maoist Uprising in Nepal • Insurgency • The Proposed Indian Nuclear Doctrine • The Role of Special Forces in the War in Afghanistan • Index
About the Authors:
Kaushik Roy is an Associate Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW) at International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO). Specializing in South Asian military history, he is also a Lecturer at the Department of History, Presidency College, Kolkata. Roy's publications include five books and several contributions to edited volumes and scholarly journals like the journal of Military History, War in History, Journal of the Society for Army Historical Research, Journal of Military Ethics, Studies in History and Indian Economic and Social History Review.
