Sahib: the British soldier in India, 1750-1914 / Richard Holmes

London: HarperCollins, 2005. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Near fine cloth copy in a near-fine, very slightly edge-nicked and dust-dulled dust wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: xxxiii, 572 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates: illustrations (some color), maps; 24 cm. Summary: ""[B]egins with India's rise from commercial enclave to great Empire, from Clive's victory of Plassey, through the imperial wars of the eighteenth century and the Afghan and Sikh wars of the 1840s, through the bloody turmoil of the Mutiny, and the frontier campaigns at the century's end. With its focus on the experiences of the ordinary soldiers, Sahib explains why soldiers of the Raj joined the army, how they got to India and what they made of it when they arrived""--Fly leaf. Subjects: Great Britain Army Military life History 18th century. Great Britain Army Military life History 19th century. Soldiers India History 18th century. Soldiers India History 19th century. British India History 18th century. British India History 19th century. Soldiers India History. British India History. Genre: History. Military history.