Title The imperial security state : British colonial knowledge and empire-building in Asia / James Hevia

Published Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2012

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 304 pages) : illustrations, maps Series Critical perspectives on empire Critical perspectives on empire. Contents Cover; The Imperial Security State; Series Editors; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Acknowledgments; 1: Introduction; From Great Games to imperial security; 2: The military revolution of the nineteenth century; Reordering of the military-diplomatic apparatus; The Prussian war machine; Reform in the Russian Army; Reform and reorganization in France; 3: Imperial state formation, the professionalization of the army and the making of experts; Public administration and civil service reform; The British Army and the Cardwell reforms The Commission on the Training of Officers for the Scientific CorpsThe emergence of a military techno-elite; The United Services Institute and professionalization; Refashioning imperial masculinity; 4: Forming intelligence, making an archive; From topography to intelligence; The Intelligence Branch at Simla; 5: Disciplining the space of Asia: triangulation and route books; Route books, reconnaissance and survey mapping; Route Books and Reconnaissance; Mapping; Making an archive of space; The Afghan Boundary Commission: demarcating space; Pacing the void 6: Regulating the facts of Asia: military reports and handbooksAfghanistan and the Northwest Frontier of India; Military intelligence operations, North China c. 1884-1910; Pre-Boxer Uprising intelligence operations; Preparation for the China incursion; Deployment and occupation, c. 1900-1903; Intelligence products c. 1901-1903; North China Command and intelligence operations, 1903-1910; Evaluation of Chinese military capacities; 7: The uses of intelligence; Intelligence and the defense of India; War games and staff rides; Intelligence genres and institutional memory Planning and training regime8: The effects of the imperial security regime in Asia and Great Britain; Japan, China and new armies; Japan and the construction of a military apparatus; China and military westernization; Accommodation and resistance to British imperialism in India; The martial races and the new Indian Army; Frontier warfare and Pathan resistance; Colonial conflicts as small wars; The impact of the security regime in Great Britain; Empire and British popular culture; 9: Imperial security and the transformation of Asia; From empire to hegemony; Bibliography; Index Summary An important new study of the information systems of the British empire and of how knowledge was used to maintain empire Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-293) and index Notes Print version record Subject Great Britain. Army. British Indian Army -- History -- Sources SUBJECT Great Britain. Army. British Indian Army fast Subject Military intelligence -- Great Britain -- History Military intelligence -- Asia -- History National security -- Great Britain -- History Internal security -- Asia -- History Imperialism -- History HISTORY -- Military -- Biological & Chemical Warfare. British colonies Colonial influence Imperialism Internal security Military intelligence Military policy National security Geheimdienst Imperialismus Imperialismus. Aufklärung. Innere Sicherheit. Geheimdienst. SUBJECT Great Britain -- Colonies -- Asia. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh86007183 Asia -- Colonial influence Great Britain -- Military policy Subject Asia Great Britain Großbritannien. Britisch-Indien. Grossbritannien. Asien. Genre/Form History Sources Form Electronic book LC no. 2012013668 ISBN 9781139516587 1139516582 9781139518444 1139518445 9781139047296 1139047299 1139514938 9781139514934 9781107519572 1107519578

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