Army and Nation: The Military and Indian Democracy Since Independence

by Steven I. Wilkinson

Book Overview

At Indian independence in 1947, the country's founders worried that the army India inherited--conservative and dominated by officers and troops drawn disproportionately from a few "martial" groups--posed a real threat to democracy. They also saw the structure of the army, with its recruitment on the basis of caste and religion, as incompatible with their hopes for a new secular nation.

India has successfully preserved its democracy, however,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674728807
• ISBN13: 9780674728806
• Release Date: February 2015
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.4" x 9.5"