02227 a2200733 4500 20250526161924.0 250430042024GB eng 9781032410708 BC Taylor & Francis GBP 29.99 BB 01 eng NHTQ thema NHD thema GTM thema GTP thema NHH thema NHF thema NHB thema N thema NHW thema NHTS thema NHTR thema NHTB thema KCZ thema JBCC1 thema JW thema KCP thema JPS thema JHMC thema 1H bisac 1FK bisac 1DDU bisac 3M bisac HBTQ bic HBJD1 bic GTB bic GTF bic HBJH bic HBJF bic HBG bic HBLH bic HBW bic HBTS bic HBTR bic HBTB bic KCZ bic JFCA bic JW bic KCP bic JPS bic JHMC bic 1H bisac 1FK bisac 1DBK bisac 3J bisac HIS000000 bisac 954.029 bisac James P. Lawford 177 Britain's Army in India From its Origins to the Conquest of Bengal 1 Oxford Routledge 20241201 340 p Britain’s Army in India (1978) tells how a joint stock company, the Honourable East India Company, came to organise a private army and lay the foundations for the establishment of the British Empire in India. From its origins as warehouse guards, through its struggles against the Dutch and the Portuguese, and its rivalry with the French, the decay of the Moghul Empire, this book examines the Company and its army up to the battle of Buxar in 1764, which established the force as the leading military power in India. 10158 10158