Title India at war : the subcontinent and the Second World War / Yasmin Khan.

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New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2015]

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Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department	940.5354 KHAN	Check Shelf
West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction	940.5354 KHAN	Check Shelf

Description	xvi, 416 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates ; 25 cm
Note	"First published in Great Britain in 2015 as The Raj at War by The Bodley Head"--Title page verso.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Prologue -- 1. An Empire Committed -- 2. Peasants into Soldiers -- 3. Into the Middle East and North Africa -- 4. Free and Willing Human Beings -- 5. Not a Paisa, Not a Man -- 6. Bombed to Hell -- 7. Money Coming, Money Coming -- 8. An Empire Exposed -- 9. Urban Panic -- 10. The World at the Door -- 11. Thirty Months Too Late -- 12. Welcome to Bombay -- 13. Plantations and Paddyfields -- 14. Living Dangerously -- 15. Scorched Earth -- 16. The Cogs in a Watch -- 17. Longing and Loss -- 18. Catalyst of Change -- 19. Man-a-Mile Road -- 20. Insults and Discriminations -- 21. Empires, Lost and Found -- 22. Celebrations and Recriminations -- 23. The Sepoy's Return -- Chronology of Major Events -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Note on Sources.
Subject	World War, 1939-1945 -- India.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, East Indian.
	World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- India.
	India -- History -- 1919-1947.
	India -- Social conditions -- 20th century.
	Social change -- India -- History -- 20th century.
	War and society -- India -- History -- 20th century.
	HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia.
	HISTORY / Military / World War II.
	HISTORY / Modern / 20th Century.
Added Title	Raj at war
ISBN	9780199753499 hardcover acid-free paper
	0199753490 hardcover acid-free paper
	0190228911
	9780190228910
	9780190228927
	019022892X

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