Die in Battle, Do Not Despair

... a brilliant account, profusely illustrated ... I must have book deserving a place in every member's library ... -- Bulletin of the Military Historical Society ... a profoundly engaging, meticulously researched documentary narrative that puts the Indian contribution to the Gallipoli campaign in context ... The author's voice carries the reader through with ease with never a faltering step ... I enjoyed Die in Battle, do no despair for its thoroughness and clarity. I feel informed and even entertained. I want to know more and even share what I have discovered. A second read is imminent and then a worthy place for a reference on the Gallipoli Campaign-- Western Front Association ... an immense achievement. Stanley's scholarship and the depth of this research are a credit both to him and to his subject. This book not only fills a yawning gap in our understanding of the Gallipoli campaign but it will doubtless stand as the definitive book on this topic for many years to come. -- Durbar: Journal of the Indian Military Historical Society ... without question, the best work of military history that I have read for a considerable time. Brilliantly researched, fluently written and fascinating to read, I recommend it to anyone with an interest in the Gallipoli campaign, the British Army in India, the Indian Army or even the Great War in general ... A quite brilliant book, and beautifully produced in high quality paper. -- The Long, Long Trail ... Stanley deserves our praise in utilising a wide variety of sources, and the book also contains some rare photographs of the Indian soldiers in combat at Gallipoli... A solid book that fills an existing historiographical gap. -- Journal of the Society for Historical Research ... Stanley's book is inspirational and will delight readers interested in the minute details of military history and of the Indian Army in particular. Scholars of late colonial India will find much information to mine, both empirically in terms of the Indian element in the First World War and methodologically in terms of how to write such histories. The instructive quality of Stanley's book is illuminating. -- Journal of Military History ... This is a significant work; at times there is tension between military historians with a focus on the operational, and the military social historians with their greater concern on the Army as an institution and a culture. Professor Stanley has fused both with considerable success; it is not only a superlative specialist account of Gallipoli but an essential work in the developing modern historiography of the Indian Army as a whole. -- Society of Friends of the National Army Museum Stanley paints a fascinating picture of Indian army forces... -- Military History Monthly