From Hydaspes to Kargil: A History of Warfare in India from 326 BC to AD 1999

Publisher:
Manohar
| Author:
Kaushik Roy
| Language:
English
| Format:
Hardback
Publisher:
Manohar
Author:
Kaushik Roy
Language:
English
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Hardback

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This book is a work of synthesis and argues that several Military Revolutions has occured outside India since the time of Alexander. None the less, such developments by themselves were unable to guarantee military success to the foreigners due to specific conditions within the Indian theatre of warfare. Only those powers able to synthesize the elements of Military Revolutions with the traditional Indian System of Warfare, were able to dominate the subcontinent. This book also contains guidelines for contemporary military management.

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This book is a work of synthesis and argues that several Military Revolutions has occured outside India since the time of Alexander. None the less, such developments by themselves were unable to guarantee military success to the foreigners due to specific conditions within the Indian theatre of warfare. Only those powers able to synthesize the elements of Military Revolutions with the traditional Indian System of Warfare, were able to dominate the subcontinent. This book also contains guidelines for contemporary military management.

About Author

Kaushik Roy is Reader, Department of History, Jadavpur University, Kolkata, India and a Senior Researcher at the Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW) at International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO) Norway. He has written and edited 14 books and published a large number of articles in peer reviewed journals and edited volumes. His latest publication is War, Culture and Society in Early Modern South Asia: 174-1849 (Routledge, 211).

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