Book contents
- The Quest for Security
- The Quest for Security
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Colonial Federationism, Security, and the South African War
- 2 Lessons of South Africa: Security and Political Culture in the British World, 1902–1906
- 3 Security, Race, and Dominion Status, 1907–1909
- 4 The Collapse of Consensus and Control, 1910–1914
- 5 Race, Conscription, and the Meaning of Sovereignty in War
- 6 The Sharp Sickle: New Realities of Sovereignty in the British Empire, 1918–1926
- Epilogue: The Statute of Westminster – A Once and Future Sovereignty
- Select Bibliography
- Index
2 - Lessons of South Africa: Security and Political Culture in the British World, 1902–1906
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 28 October 2019
Book contents
- The Quest for Security
- The Quest for Security
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Tables and Figures
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- 1 Colonial Federationism, Security, and the South African War
- 2 Lessons of South Africa: Security and Political Culture in the British World, 1902–1906
- 3 Security, Race, and Dominion Status, 1907–1909
- 4 The Collapse of Consensus and Control, 1910–1914
- 5 Race, Conscription, and the Meaning of Sovereignty in War
- 6 The Sharp Sickle: New Realities of Sovereignty in the British Empire, 1918–1926
- Epilogue: The Statute of Westminster – A Once and Future Sovereignty
- Select Bibliography
- Index
Summary
This chapter familiarizes the reader with some of the political and military reforms posed as the “lessons” of South Africa. It focuses on the Government of India, specifically the debate about whether to keep the Commander in Chief of the Indian Army subordinate to the civilian government there. This debate implicated some of the era’s most polarizing figures, such as Viceroy George Curzon and General Herbert Kitchener, as well as the Indian National Congress and the rulers of the subcontinent’s Princely States. The chapter situates India at the center of the empire’s open question on civil-military relations and the British constitution.
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- The Quest for SecuritySovereignty, Race, and the Defense of the British Empire, 1898–1931, pp. 66 - 110Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2019