@inbook{a1bdec07fa664456874eb393e0e05e3e,
title = "Hostages in our camp: military collaboration between princely India and the British Raj, c. 1880-1920",
abstract = "This chapter discusses the origin and military context of the Imperial Service Troops (IST). It focuses on two episodes in the evolution of princely-British military collaboration in the early twentieth century: Curzon's attempt ot expand the IST in 1903 and the 1919-20 initiative to reorganise the IST.",
keywords = "military collaboration, princely India, imperial service troops, colonial south Asia, military policy, twentieth century, First World War",
author = "S. Sehrawat and W. Ernst and P. Biswamoy",
year = "2007",
language = "English",
isbn = "9780415415415",
volume = "45",
series = "Routledge studies in the modern history of Asia",
publisher = "Routledge",
pages = "118--139",
booktitle = "India's Princely States: People Princes and Colonialism",
}