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Title: | The Idea of a British Imperial Army |
Author: | Killingray, David |
Year: | 1979 |
Periodical: | The Journal of African History |
Volume: | 20 |
Issue: | 3 |
Pages: | 421-436 |
Language: | English |
Geographic terms: | Africa Great Britain colonial territories |
Subjects: | colonization black soldiers colonialism Military, Defense and Arms History and Exploration |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/181123 |
Abstract: | From the late 19th century to the 1930s the main buttress of Britain's overseas military commitment was the Indian Army. From the first World War up to 1950 a recurring them in British imperial defence thinking was the idea that the African colonies should make a greater contribution to the defence of the empire. This article analyses the parliamentary and press lobby in Britain for a Black army, the attempts by the War Office to raise an African army and the policy of the Colonial Office which changed from opposition to agreement. Notes, sum. |