The Indian Empire At War

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Beautifully written . . . essential to a proper understanding of the war and of our world of today' Michael Morpurgo1.5 million Indians fought with the British in the First World War - from the mud of Flanders to the African bush and the deserts of the Islamic world, they saved the Allies from defeat in 1914 and were vital to global victory in 1918. This is their story, told as never before. Using previously unpublished veteran interviews, George Morton-Jack re-traces the Indian recruits' footsteps from their villages and across the continents, and back home as changed men with new hopes for their children and their country.'For a hundred years India has not been accorded a dedicated history of its own military contribution to the global war that broke out in 1914. Now George Morton-Jack's extremely readable narrative provides the first' Hew Strachan'Extraordinarily original' Max Hastings'Fascinating' Chandrika Kaul, BBC History Magazine'A tour de force . . . Morton-Jack writes with an easy flowing grace to expose a veritable chasm of under-explored Great War history' Peter Hart'Unlikely to be surpassed any time soon' Srinath Raghavan