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02468aam a2200385Ii 4500 001 523832F4029311E99F6E95F796128E48 003 SILO 005 20190328032346 008 180409t20182018nyuabf b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 9780465094042 020 $a 046509404X 035 $a (OCoLC)1030761510 040 $a YDX $b eng $e rda $c YDX $d BDX $d TOH $d ZQP $d IEB $d NGP $d OCLCF $d OCLCO $d UAP $d IGA $d QQ3 $d IOU $d SILO 050 14 $a D547.I5 $b M672 2018 082 04 $a 940.4125 $2 23 100 1 $a Morton-Jack, George, $e author. 245 10 $a Army of empire : $b the untold story of the Indian Army in World War I / $c George Morton-Jack. 250 $a First U.S. edition. 264 1 $a New York : $b Basic Books, $c 2018. 300 $a 582 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : $b illustrations, maps ; $c 25 cm 520 $a Drawing on untapped new sources, the first global history of the Indian Expeditionary Forces in World War I. While their story is almost always overlooked, the 1.5 million Indian soldiers who served the British Empire in World War I played a crucial role in the eventual Allied victory. Despite their sacrifices, Indian troops received mixed reactions from their allies and their enemies alike--some were treated as liberating heroes, some as mercenaries and conquerors themselves, and all as racial inferiors and a threat to white supremacy. Yet even as they fought as imperial troops under the British flag, their broadened horizons fired in them new hopes of racial equality and freedom on the path to Indian independence. Drawing on freshly uncovered interviews with members of the Indian Army in Iraq and elsewhere, historian George Morton-Jack paints a deeply human story of courage, colonization, and racism, and finally gives these men their rightful place in history. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 530-550) and index. 610 10 $a India. $b Army $x History. 610 10 $a Great Britain. $b British Indian Army $b British Indian Army $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a World War, 1914-1918 $x Participation, East Indian. 650 0 $a World War, 1914-1918 $z India. 941 $a 6 952 $l OVUX522 $d 20231117011153.0 952 $l BVPE851 $d 20220728015816.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20200609013828.0 952 $l TDPH826 $d 20190226011305.0 952 $l TCPG826 $d 20190226010805.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20181218010828.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=523832F4029311E99F6E95F796128E48 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search