Asia in Flanders Fields: Indians and Chinese on the Western Front, 1914-1920

"A well-rounded picture of the Indian experience of Europe . . . [and] of the Chinese Labour Corps in North-West Europe . . . a rewarding read." —The Western Front Association

The First World War brought peoples from five continents to support the British and French Allies on the Western Front. Many were from colonial territories in the British and French empires, and the largest contingents were Indians and Chinese—some 140,zero. It is a story of the encounter with the European 'other', in...