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A 5 page review of the book by Christopher Herbert. This paper emphasizes the dichotomy of British thought about the Mutiny and its resolution. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
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"War of No Pity: The Indian Mutiny and Victorian Trauma" is an insightful examination of cultural conflict during the Victorian era. The perpetrators of the "Indian Mutiny" were
Hindu and Muslim mercenaries. Their victims were primarily British residents of Delhi India but they also included Christian natives of the region. The initial attack came on May
11, 1857 but it set off a series of events that spanned two years and resulted in the deaths of not just Christians but also of Muslims and Indians as
the so-called British "Army of Retribution" ferociously retaliated. Examining primary documents of the time, Herbert is successful in supporting the thesis that many British people were not ambivalent to
the fact that the war they were fighting was not necessarily a war of civilization pitted against barbarian as it was presented to the masses. Neither were they completely
muffled in debating the injustices of that war. This was a war in which Britain held as much if not more blame than those that they were fighting.
Never-the-less, the goal of the Mutiny was "the complete extermination of the infidels from India" (Kaye 3:275 as cited by Herbert, 2007). There was, therefore, a pressing need from
the British perspective for address. There was also, however, a British recognition of the wrongs inherent in that address.
The Indian Mutiny erupted seemingly spontaneously when Hindu and Muslim soldiers were provided paper rifle cartridges that had been smeared with beef and pork fat as a manner of
lubricating them (Herbert, 2007). Hindu people, of course, are prohibited by their religion from having any contact with beef or beef products. Muslims, in turn, cannot come in
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