India's Wars and Warfare: A Perceptive Analysis
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This book, the first of its kind in the country, is indeed unique. This is the first book that, in a single cover, deals with all the wars of independent India, including the 1947-48 Kashmir war, the 1962 war with China and the three wars with Pakistan in 1956, 1971 and the Kargil war in 1999.
Objectivity is the hallmark of this book. Existing military histories are not only jingoistic, they also have a pronounced tendency to exalt certain personalities as military men have often suffered from the problem of constantly losing the macro picture in their obsession with the micro picture. Wars are not decided on the basis of individuals heroism and human stories fail to analyze the larger professionals issues pertaining to conduct of wars by nations. If the past is not analyzed objectively, the building of the future will be based on illusions and misplaced jingoism of a primitive variety instead of proven facts. In this work, the appeal is to reason, and not to sentiment. This book, for the first time, presents both sides of the story, that is, the enemy’s version also besides a neutral perspective.
This book presents a comprehensive analysis of what actually happened on the battlefronts according to the claims of both the sides; what were the strategies of both sides; what were the strategies of both sides; what were highlights of their tactics; why something happened; what went right; what went wrong; what could have been done and which was not done; who committed what mistakes; where luck helped; where luck did not help; where extraneous factors helped; where they did not help; what was the margin of chance; and what could have been done to avert what happened that was not done. The authenticity of the facts discussed in the book is evident from the 327 important references citied within and a formidable list of sources listed in the bibliography.
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| Author | N.C. Asthana & A. Nirmal |
| Binding | Hardcover |
| Edition | 1 |
| ISBN | 978-81-7132-729-4 |
| Language | English |
| Number Of Pages | xviii+237 |
| Publication Year | 2012 |
| Publisher | Pointer Publishers, Jaipur |