Army and nation : (Record no. 27066)
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| fixed length control field | 02142nam a22002177a 4500 |
| 008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION | |
| fixed length control field | 170620b2015 xxu||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9788178244563 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 322.50954 WIL-S |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Wilkinson, Steven I. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Army and nation : |
| Remainder of title | military and indian democracy since independence / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Steven I. Wilkinson |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | India |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Permanent black |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2015 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 295 p. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price type code | INR |
| Price amount | 795.00 |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE | |
| General note | 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 the structure of the army, with its recruitment on the basis of caste and religion, as incompatible with their hopes for a new secular nation. India has successfully preserved its democracy, however, unlike many other colonial states that inherited imperial "divide and rule" armies, and unlike its neighbor Pakistan, which inherited part of the same Indian army in 1947. As Steven I. Wilkinson shows, the puzzle of how this happened is even more surprising when we realize that the Indian Army has kept, and even expanded, many of its traditional "martial class" units, despite promising at independence to gradually phase them out. Army and Nation draws on uniquely comprehensive data to explore how and why India has succeeded in keeping the military out of politics, when so many other countries have failed. It uncovers the command and control strategies, the careful ethnic balancing, and the political, foreign policy, and strategic decisions that have made the army safe for Indian democracy. Wilkinson goes further to ask whether, in a rapidly changing society, these structures will survive the current national conflicts over caste and regional representation in New Delhi, as well as India's external and strategic challenges.-- |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | India |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Civil-military relations |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Military policy |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Politics and government |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | India. Army |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Civil-military relations -- India -- History. |
| 952 ## - LOCATION AND ITEM INFORMATION (KOHA) | |
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| Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Date last checked out | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | 320 | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | BITS Pilani Hyderabad | General Stack (For lending) | 20/06/2017 | 795.00 | 5 | 322.50954 WIL-S | 32134 | 13/07/2024 | 25/03/2022 | 20/06/2017 | Books |