Army and Nation: The Military and Indian Democracy Since Independence by Steven I. Wilkinson

Army and Nation: The Military and Indian Democracy Since Independence

Steven I. Wilkinson

304 pages first pub 2014 (editions)

nonfiction history politics challenging informative slow-paced
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At Indian independence in 1947, the country's founders worried that the army India inherited-- conservative and dominated by officers and troops drawn disproportionately from a few "martial" groups--posed a real threat to democracy. They also saw ...

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