TY  - BOOK
AU  - Raghavan,Srinath
TI  - India's war: the making of modern South Asia, 1939-1945 
SN  - 9781846145414
AV  - D767.6 .R27 2016
U1  - 940.540954 RAG 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - USA
PB  - Allen Lane
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Army
KW  - British Indian Army
KW  - History
KW  - 20th century
KW  - World War, 1939-1945
KW  - India
KW  - Participation, East Indian
KW  - War and society
N1  - Gratis
"First published in 2016 by Allen Lane"--Title-page verso; Includes bibliographical references (pages 463-519) and index; Politics of war -- Defence of India -- Competing offers -- Mobilizing India -- Into Africa -- The oil campaigns -- Fox hunting -- Collapsing dominoes -- Coils of war -- Declarations for India -- Rumour and revolt -- Indian National Armies -- Allies at war -- War economy -- Around the Mediterranean -- Preparation -- Back to Burma -- Post-war -- Last post
N2  - "Between 1939 and 1945 India underwent extraordinary and irreversible change. Hundreds of thousands of Indians suddenly found themselves in uniform, fighting in the Middle East, North and East Africa, Europe, and against a Japanese army poised to invade eastern India. In India's War, historian Srinath Raghavan paints a compelling picture of battles abroad and life on the home front, arguing that the war is crucial to understanding how and why colonial rule ended in South Asia,"--NoveList
UR  - https://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1619/2016933273-b.html
ER  -