India's War: World War II and the Making of Modern South Asia

by Srinath Raghavan

Book Overview

Between 1939 and 1945 India underwent extraordinary and irreversible change. Hundreds of thousands of Indians suddenly found themselves in uniform, fighting in the Middle East, North and East Africa, Europe and-something simply never imagined-against a Japanese army poised to invade eastern India. With the threat of the Axis powers looming, the entire country was pulled into the vortex of wartime mobilization. By the war's end, the Indian Army had...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 046503022X
• ISBN13: 9780465030224
• Release Date: May 2016
• Publisher: Basic Books
• Length: 592 Pages
• Weight: 2.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 2.0" x 6.1" x 9.4"