Anglo-Kuki War, 1917–1919

Name: Anglo-Kuki War, 1917–1919
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

The Anglo-Kuki War, 19171919A Frontier Uprising against Imperialism during the First World War\nAuthor(s): Jangkhomang Guite, Thongkholal Haokip\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge India\nISBN-13: 9780367479480, 978-0367479480\nSynopsis\nThis book explores the Kuki uprising against the British Empire during the First World War in Northeast frontier of India (then Assam-Burma frontier). It underlines how of the three-year war [tel], spanning over 6,000 square miles, is crucial to understanding present-day Northeast India. The essays in the volume examine several aspects of the war, which had far-reaching consequences for the indigenous population as well as for British attitudes and policy towards the region including military strategy and tactics, violence, politics, identity, institutions, gender, culture, and the frontier dimensions of the First World War itself. The volume also looks at how the conflict affected the larger d.