The World in World Wars: Experiences, Perceptions and Perspectives from Africa and Asia (Studies in Global Social History)

Contents......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 10
Introduction......Page 12
Part One War Experiences and Perceptions......Page 38
Indian Soldiers\' Experiences in France during World War I: Seeing Europe from the Rear of the Front......Page 40
Front Lines and Status Lines: Sepoy and \'Menial\' in the Great War 1916-1920......Page 66
Military Service, Nationalism and Race: The Experience of Malawians in the Second World War......Page 118
The Corrosiveness of Comparison: Reverberations of Indian Wartime Experiences in German Prison Camps (1915-1919)......Page 142
The Suppressed Discourse: Arab Victims of National Socialism......Page 178
Egypt\'s Overlooked Contribution to World War II......Page 228
Part Two Representations and Responses......Page 260
Kaiser kī jay (Long Live the Kaiser): Perceptions of World War I and the Socio-Religious Movement among the Oraons in Chota Nagpur 1914-1916......Page 262
Correcting their Perspective: Out-of-area Deployment and the Swahili Military Press in World War II......Page 288
The First World War According to the Memories of \'Commoners\' in the Bilād al-Shām......Page 310
Ambiguities of the Modern: The Great War in the Memoirs and Poetry of the Iraqis......Page 324
Ardour and Anxiety: Politics and Literature in the Indian Homefront......Page 352
Radio and Society in Tunisia during World War II......Page 380
Part Three Social and Political Transformations......Page 410
Peripheral Experiences: Everyday Life in Kurd Dagh (Northern Syria) during the Allied Occupation in the Second World War......Page 412
Military Collaboration, Conscription and Citizenship Rights in the Four Communes of Senegal and in French West Africa (1912-1946)......Page 440
\"Our Victory Was Our Defeat\": Race, Gender and Liberalism in the Union Defence Force, 1939-1945......Page 468
The Impact of the East Africa Campaign, 1914-1918 on South Africa and Beyond......Page 494
From the Great War to the Syrian Armed Resistance Movement (1919-1921): The Military and the Mujahidin in Action......Page 510
Still Behind Enemy Lines? Algerian and Tunisian Veterans after the World Wars......Page 530
The Creativity of Destruction: Wartime Imaginings of Development and Social Policy, c. 1942-1946......Page 558
Bibliography......Page 590
General Index......Page 614
Index of Names......Page 620
Index of Places......Page 622