Rand, Gavin ORCID: 0000-0001-9051-1979 (2024) The surf that marks the edge and advance of civilization: frontier wars in Colonial South Asia. In: Sheehan-Dean, Aaron and Fialka, Andrew, (eds.) A Comparative History of Guerrilla Warfare. University of Kansas Press, Kansas. (In Press)

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Abstract

This chapter explores aspects of irregular warfare, and its suppression, in colonial South Asia. It shows how irregular and frontier conflicts were invested with wider imperial significance – as the “surf that marks the edge and advance of civilization”– and how the principles and practices for fighting ‘small wars’ were shaped by the cultural frames which mediated colonial violence in South Asia. Tracing the emergence of doctrine in the late nineteenth century from practices evolved during preceding decades, I argue that frontier and irregular conflict can also reveal the logic and calculations of those who opposed, as well as those who collaborated with, expanding colonial power.

Item Type:	Book Section
Uncontrolled Keywords:	India; northwest frontier; small wars; frontier; guerrilla
Subjects:	D History General and Old World > D History (General) D History General and Old World > DA Great Britain D History General and Old World > DS Asia
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences Faculty of Liberal Arts & Sciences > School of Humanities & Social Sciences (HSS)
Last Modified:	20 Sep 2024 11:23
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/48031

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