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Cover 1 Half Title 2 Title Page 6 Copyright Page 7 Dedication 8 Table of Contents 10 List of figures 11 Introduction 12 1. A Mughal military revolution? 16 Notes 31 References 32 2. Changing ways of war 33 Towards a European military revolution 33 The Ottomans and the ‘Roman Method’ 38 The Central Asian way of war 39 India before the Mughals 41 Babur, the first Mughal 42 Crisis and consolidation: Humayun, Sher Shah and Akbar 54 Notes 68 References 72 3. Tools of war: Weapons, equipment and technology 75 Technology and the Mughal military culture 75 Traditional weapons and armor 78 The evolution of small arms 82 Artillery: cannons, rockets, bombs and camel guns 85 Ships and naval warfare 88 Notes 91 References 92 4. Waging war: Tactics and operations 95 Personnel: units, roles and objectives 95 Central Asian tactics 107 The emerging Mughal system 113 Naval tactics 124 Diplomacy 126 Fortresses and sieges 127 Guerrilla warfare and counterinsurgency 130 Notes 135 References 138 5. Learning war: Recruitment and training 140 Ranks and organization 140 The Indian warrior culture and the military labor market 144 Recruitment and classification 149 Sports and military training 152 Formal mi

Author

Andrew de la Garza

Published

2016

Language

EN