This is the first cultural and literary history of India and the First World War, with archival research from Europe and South Asia.

Third place in the 2022 SAHR Templer Best First Book Prize More than one million Indian soldiers were deployed during World War I, serving in the Indian Army as

Between 1939 and 1945 India underwent extraordinary and irreversible change. Hundreds of thousands of Indians suddenly found themselves in uniform, fighting in

A narrative account of India's role in World War II revealing the cost and scope of participation, and the profound effects it had on independence and the count

Recasts the role of the Indian Army on the Western Front, questioning why its performance was traditionally deemed a failure.