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  • Battle for Malaya

    The Indian Army in Defeat, 1941–1942

    by Kaushik Roy ...
    The historian and author of The Army in British India analyzes the British Indian Army's devastating loss to the Imperial Japanese during WWII.The defeat of 90,000 Commonwealth soldiers by 50,000 Japanese soldiers made the World War II Battle for Malaya an important encounter for both political and military reasons. British military prestige was shattered, fanning the fires of nationalism in Asia, ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Indian Rebellion, 1857-1859

    A Military History in the Global Context

    by Kaushik Roy ...
    Series series Warfare and History
    The Indian Rebellion 1857–1859*: A Military History in the Global Context* focuses on the military dimension of this conflict, in which Indian rebels waged both conventional and unconventional warfare against the British.In the summer of 1857, British rule almost disintegrated in north India due to the rebellion of the Indians in the Bengal Army. The military mutiny was followed by large-scale ... Read more

    $52.99 USD

  • Military Thought of Asia

    From the Bronze Age to the Information Age

    by Kaushik Roy ...
    Series series Warfare and History
    Military Thought of Asia challenges the assertion that the generation of rational secular ideas about the conduct of warfare is the preserve of the West, by analysing the history of ideas of warfare in Asia from the ancient period to the present.The volume takes a transcontinental and comparative approach to provide a broad overview of the evolution of military thought in Asia. The military ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Indian Army and the First World War

    1914–18

    by Kaushik Roy ...
    Accustomed to conducting low-intensity warfare before 1914, the Indian Army learnt to engage in high-intensity conventional warfare during the course of World War I, thereby exhibiting a steep learning curve. Being the bulwark of the British Empire in South Asia, the ‘brown warriors’ of the Raj functioned as an imperial fire brigade during the war. Studying the Indian Army as an institution during ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Modern Insurgencies and Counterinsurgencies

    A Global History

    by Kaushik Roy ...
    Series series Warfare and History
    This book provides a historical study of the theory and praxis of modern insurgencies and counterinsurgencies (COIN).Modern Insurgencies and Counterinsurgencies: A Global History shows that the insurgents can wage a variety of conflicts: at times conventional war which lies at the high end of their spectrum, and terrorism which is located at the lowest end of their scale. When insurgencies reach a ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • A Global History of Pre-Modern Warfare

    Before the Rise of the West, 10,000 BCE–1500 CE

    by Kaushik Roy ...
    Series series Cass Military Studies
    This book examines the military histories of the regions beyond Western Europe in the pre-modern era.Existing works on global military history mainly focus on the western part of Eurasia after 1500 CE. As regards the ancient period, such works concentrate exclusively on Greece and Rome. So, ‘global’ military history is actually the triumphal story of the West from Classical Greece onwards. This ... Read more

    $55.99 USD

  • Fighting Rommel

    The British Imperial Army in North Africa during the Second World War, 1941–1943

    by Kaushik Roy ...
    Fighting Rommel examines how and why some armies innovate under pressure while others do not. Focusing on the learning culture of the British Imperial Forces, it looks at the Allied campaign during the Second World War against the Afrika Korps of Rommel. The volume highlights the hitherto unexplored yet key role of the British Indian Army, the largest volunteer force in the world. It also ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Warfare in Pre-British India - 1500BCE to 1740CE

    by Kaushik Roy ...
    Series series Asian States and Empires
    This book presents a comprehensive survey of warfare in India up to the point where the British began to dominate the sub-continent. It discusses issues such as how far was the relatively bloodless nature of pre-British Indian warfare the product of stateless Indian society? How far did technology determine the dynamics of warfare in India? Did warfare in this period have a particular Indian ... Read more

    $67.99 USD

  • War and Society in Afghanistan

    From the Mughals to the Americans, 1500–2013

    by Kaushik Roy ...
    This monograph analyses the rhythms of war and the geopolitical significance of Afghanistan with a focus on the interrelated concepts of weak/rentier state, great power rivalry, and counter-insurgency. It analyses why the Mughals, the British, the Soviets, and the Americans won the conventional wars in Afghanistan but were defeated in the unconventional ones. It takes a comprehensive view of the ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • A Global History of Warfare and Technology

    From Slings to Robots

    by Kaushik Roy ...
    Series series History (R0)
    This book addresses the global history of technology, warfare and state formation from the Stone Age to the Information Age. Using a combination of top-down and bottom-up methodologies, it examines both interstate and intrastate conflicts with a focus on Eurasian technology and warfare. It shows how human agency and structural factors have intertwined, creating a complex web of technology and ... Read more

    $134.09 USD

  • Hinduism and the Ethics of Warfare in South Asia

    From Antiquity to the Present

    by Kaushik Roy ...
    This book challenges the view, common among Western scholars, that precolonial India lacked a tradition of military philosophy. It traces the evolution of theories of warfare in India from the dawn of civilization, focusing on the debate between Dharmayuddha (Just War) and Kutayuddha (Unjust War) within Hindu philosophy. This debate centers around four questions: What is war? What justifies it? ... Read more

    $67.29 USD

  • War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia, 1740-1849

    by Kaushik Roy ...
    Series series Asian States and Empires
    This book argues that the role of the British East India Company in transforming warfare in South Asia has been overestimated. Although it agrees with conventional wisdom that, before the British, the nature of Indian society made it difficult for central authorities to establish themselves fully and develop a monopoly over armed force, the book argues that changes to warfare in South Asia were ... Read more

    $62.99 USD