Indian Army on the Western Front

The Indian army fought on the western front with the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) from 1914 to 1918. The traditional interpretations of its performance have been dominated by ideas that it was a failure. This book offers a radical reconsideration by revealing new answers to the debate''s central questions, such as whether the Indian army ''saved'' the BEF from defeat in 1914, or whether India...