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India At War: The Subcontinent and the Second World War Hardcover - 2015 - 1st Edition

by Khan, Yasmin

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Oxford University Press, 2015. First Edition. Hardcover. Like New/Like New. First Edition, First Printing. Not price-clipped ($29.95 price intact). Published by Oxford University Press, 2015. Octavo. Yellow cloth over yellow boards stamped in black. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Dust jacket is like new. 415 pages. ISBN: 9780199753499. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York.
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  • Title India At War: The Subcontinent and the Second World War
  • Author Khan, Yasmin
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition New
  • Pages 432
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Oxford University Press, Oxford, England
  • Date 2015
  • Illustrated Yes
  • Features Bibliography, Glossary, Illustrated, Index, Maps
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 147093
  • ISBN 9780199753499 / 0199753490
  • Weight 1.6 lbs (0.73 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.3 x 6.2 x 1.6 in (23.62 x 15.75 x 4.06 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 1940's
    • Chronological Period: 20th Century
    • Cultural Region: Asian - General
    • Cultural Region: Indian
  • Library of Congress subjects India - Social conditions - 20th century, Social change - India - History - 20th
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2015008472
  • Dewey Decimal Code 940.535

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From the publisher

World War II was a global catastrophe. Far broader than just the critical struggle between Allies and Axis, its ramifications were felt throughout the world. It was a time of social relocation, reorienting ideas of patriotism and geographical attachment, and forcing the movement of people across oceans and continents. In India at War, Yasmin Khan offers an account of India's role in the conflict, one that takes into consideration the social, economic, and cultural changes that occurred in South Asia between 1939 and 1945-and reveals how vital the Commonwealth's contribution was to the war effort.

Khan's sweeping work centers on the lives of ordinary Indian people, exploring the ways they were affected by a cataclysmic war with origins far beyond Indian shores. In manpower alone, India's contribution was staggering; it produced the largest volunteer army in world history, with 2.5 million men. Indians were engaged in making the raw materials and food stuffs needed by the Allies, and became involved in the construction of airstrips, barracks, hospitals, internee camps, roads and railways. Their lives were also profoundly affected by the presence of the large Allied army in the region, including not only British but American, African, and Chinese troops. Madras was bombed by the Japanese and the Andaman and Nicobar Islands were occupied, while the Bengal famine of 1943-in which perhaps three million Bengalis died-was a man-made disaster precipitated by the effects of the war.

This authoritative account offers a critically important look at the contributions of colonial manpower and resources essential to sustaining the war, and emphasizes the significant ways in which the conflict shaped modern India.

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  • Choice, 02/01/2016, Page 0
  • New York Times Book Review, 11/29/2015, Page 17

About the author

Yasmin Khan is an Associate Professor of History at the University of Oxford and a Fellow of Kellogg College. Her first book, The Great Partition: The Making of India and Pakistan, won the Gladstone Prize for History from the Royal Historical Society.

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