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The Forgotten Army: India's Armed Struggle for Independence 1942-1945
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Bibliographic Detail
Publisher
Univ of Michigan Pr
Publication date
May 1, 1993
Binding
Hardcover
Book category
Adult Non-Fiction
ISBN-13
9780472101269
ISBN-10
0472101269
Dimensions
1.75 by 6 by 9 in.
Weight
2.50 lbs.
Availability§
Out of Print
Original list price
$52.50
Other format details
university press
§As reported by publisher
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Summaries and Reviews
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The last days of the Raj bring to mind Gandhi's nonviolence and Nehru's diplomacy. These associations obscure another reality: that an army of Indian men and women who tried to throw the British off the subcontinent. The Forgotten Army brings to life for the first time the story of how Subhas Chandra Bose, a charismatic Bengali, attempted to liberate India with an army of former British Indian soldiers--the Indian National Army (INA).
The story begins with the British Indian Army fighting a heroic rearguard action against the invading Japanese down the Malaysian peninsula and ends with many of these same soldiers defeated in their effort to invade India as allies of Japan. Peter Ward Fay intertwines powerful descriptions of military action with a unique knowledge of how the INA was formed and its role in the broader struggle for Indian independence.
Fay incorporates the personal reminiscences of Prem Saghal, a senior officer in the INA, and Lakshmi Swaminadhan, leader of its women's sections, to help the reader understand the motivations of those who took part. Their experiences offer an engagingly personal counterpoint to the political and military history.
". . . a well-crafted and thought-provoking mixture of oral history and original research, providing the most comprehensive account yet published of the events leading to the formation of the INA." --Guardian
"Fay has made a magnificent attempt to analyse all the credible information on the history of [Subhas Chandra] Bose's legendary Indian National Army (INA)." --Times Higher Education Supplement
"This fine study of the Indian National Army (INA) seeks to demonstrate this army's significance in the attainment of Indian independence and the termination of the British Empire. . . . Throughout, Fay seeks to explain why 'constant and true' Indians like Sahgal and Swaminadhan chose to fight alongside the Japanese and against the British . . . ." -- Pacific Affairs
Peter Ward Fay is Professor of History, California Institute of Technology.
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Hardcover
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from Univ of Michigan Pr (May 1, 1993); titled "The Forgotten Army: India's Armed Struggle for Independence 1942-1945"
9780472101269 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.75 in. | 2.50 lbs | List price $52.50
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Paperback
Reprint edition from Univ of Michigan Pr (July 1, 1995)
9780472083428 | details & prices | 6.00 × 9.00 × 1.50 in. | 2.10 lbs | List price $38.50
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