India at war : the subcontinent and the Second World War - Khan, Yasmin, 1977- (Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2015)
Prologue -- 1. An Empire Committed -- 2. Peasants into Soldiers -- 3. Into the Middle East and North Africa -- 4. Free and Willing Human Beings -- 5. Not a Paisa, Not a Man -- 6. Bombed to Hell -- 7. Money Coming, Money Coming -- 8. An Empire Exposed -- 9. Urban Panic -- 10. The World at the Door -- 11. Thirty Months Too Late -- 12. Welcome to Bombay -- 13. Plantations and Paddyfields -- 14. Living Dangerously -- 15. Scorched Earth -- 16. The Cogs in a Watch -- 17. Longing and Loss -- 18. Catalyst of Change -- 19. Man-a-Mile Road -- 20. Insults and Discriminations -- 21. Empires, Lost and Found -- 22. Celebrations and Recriminations -- 23. The Sepoy's Return -- Chronology of Major Events -- List of Illustrations -- List of Maps -- List of Abbreviations -- Glossary -- Note on Sources
"First published in Great Britain in 2015 as The Raj at War by The Bodley Head"--Title page verso
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-397)and index
Keywords: World War, 1939-1945 -- India; World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, East Indian; World War, 1939-1945 -- Social aspects -- India; Social change -- India -- History -- 20th century; War and society -- India -- History -- 20th century; India -- History -- 1919-1947; India -- Social conditions -- 20th century