Sinha J. Science, War and Imperialism: India in the Second World War

Leiden: Brill, 2008. — 292 p.This is the first integrated and in-depth study of the state of science during the Second World War in India. Drawing on a variety of sources, it examines the impact of the war on science under colonial conditions and its consequences for India in transition from bondage to freedom.Abbreviations
Chapter One. Introduction
Science, War and Imperialism
The Main Perspectives
The Hurdles and the Riddle
The Focus
Chapter Two. Background: Science and Empire
The Early Efforts
Curzon and Swadeshi
Impact of the First World War
The Aftermath and Depression
Imperialism vs. Nationalism
Chapter Three. Science for War
Technical Education
Scientific and Industrial Research
Agriculture and Allied Sciences
Medical Science and Public Health
Transport and Communications
Chapter Four. The Sciences in the Doldrums
The Surveys
Energy
Defence Research
Operational Research
Basic Sciences and Fundamental Research
Chapter Five. Science for Reconstruction
Imperial Initiative in the US Partnership
Compulsions, Strategy and Measures
Industrialization under Cloud
Scientists Rise to the Occasion
Reconstruction in Retrospect
Chapter Six. Towards Organizing Science
Efforts before the War
Wartime Measures
Rise of an Organizational Set-up
Beginning of the Science Policy
Chapter Seven. Conclusions
India at the Crossroads
Opportunities Lost
Western Science Wins over the Orient
An Elusive Transition
From Bondage to Freedom
Appendices