Farthest field : an Indian story of the Second World War
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New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2015.
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First American edition.
ISBN
9780393248098, 0393248097
Physical Desc
xx, 300 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Status
Adult Nonfiction (3rd floor)
NF 940.5412 KARNAD 2015
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Published
New York : W.W. Norton & Company, 2015.
Format
Book
Edition
First American edition.
Language
English
ISBN
9780393248098, 0393248097

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 287-294) and index.
Description
"A brilliantly conceived nonfiction epic, a war narrated through the lives and deaths of a single family. A young man from the sleepy south Indian coast, sensing adventure and opportunity, follows his brothers-in-law into the army--and onto the front lines of India's Second World War. His army fights for the British empire, even as his countrymen fight for freedom from it, and Indian soldiers end up on both sides of the vast conflict. The narrative travels from Madras to Eritrea, Iraq, and Burma, unfolding the saga of a young family amazed by their swiftly changing world and devastated by its violence. The Farthest Field reveals how the war transformed India, its army, and the British empire that had ruled the country for so long and would, barely two years after the end of the war, abandon it to the horrors of partition. In penetrating nonfiction prose, Raghu Karnad retrieves from obscurity the epic of India's Second World War--a war the world reveres, but India would choose to forget"--Provided by publisher.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Karnad, R. (2015). Farthest field: an Indian story of the Second World War (First American edition.). W.W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Karnad, Raghu. 2015. Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War. W.W. Norton & Company.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Karnad, Raghu. Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War W.W. Norton & Company, 2015.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Karnad, Raghu. Farthest Field: An Indian Story of the Second World War First American edition., W.W. Norton & Company, 2015.

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