Despatches From Kargil

Author : Srinjoy Chowdhury
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015052629360

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Despatches from Kargil by Srinjoy Chowdhury Pdf

Unforgettable Tales Of The Kargil War The Kargil War In The Summer Of 1999 Was A Tale Of Brutality And Courage. Here Was War In Its Essence: Barren, Icy Peaks Held By A Strongly Entrenched Enemy, And The Only Way To Dislodge The Intruders Was To Climb Up In The Face Of Overwhelming Fire. By The End Of The War Many More Heroes Were Added To The List Of The Nation S Brave: Saurav Kalia, Vijayant Thapar, Yogendra Singh Yadav, Mariappan Sarvanan And Vikram Batra, To Name Only A Few. Their Exploits In This Harrowing Battle Read Like The Stuff Of Legend. In Despatches From Kargil, Srinjoy Chowdhury, Who Covered The War For The Statesman, Recounts What It Was Like For Journalists To Battle Against Deadlines, Shellfire-And Particularly Vicious Bedbugs-To Transmit Their Reports. He Draws Graphic Pictures Of The Major Assaults, Such As In Drass And Batalik, Relying Heavily On The First-Hand Accounts Of Those Who Took Part In The Action. There Are Memorable Portrayals Of The Soldiers And Officers Too-Sometimes Of The Other Side As Well. This Is War Reportage At Its Best: Observant, Objective, And Ultimately, For All The Wry Understatement, Extremely Moving. If I Don T Inform The Platoon Commander (About The Presence Of The Enemy), He Will Be Overrun, I Thought. And All Because Of Me. I Was Wounded. I Couldn T Walk. I Must Have Been Hit About Fifteen Times, In The Leg, The Chest, The Groin And Arm& I Began Crawling Down& -Param Vir Chakra, Grenadier Yogendra Singh Yadav

Author : Sanjay Dutt
Publisher : APH Publishing
Page : 508 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : History
ISBN : 8176481513

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War and Peace in Kargil Sector by Sanjay Dutt Pdf

Author : Harinder Baweja
Publisher : Roli Books Private Limited
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-27
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9788194110910

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A Soldier's Diary: Kargil the Inside Story by Harinder Baweja Pdf

Harinder Baweja, an Editor with Hindustan Times has earned a reputation as a fearless, committed reporter through her prolonged coverage of conflict zones. Her experience of covering the Kashmir crisis gave her access to a wide range of sources, particularly among the army units that were sent to Kargil. She covered the sharp, short war for India Today magazine, using her enviable range of sources to compile a definite account of the Kargil war. She has also edited and authored chapters for 26/11 Mumbai Attacked.

Author : Sankarshan Thakur
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : History
ISBN : UOM:39015052865345

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Guns and Yellow Roses by Sankarshan Thakur Pdf

Not A Flag-Waving Exercise, But A Critical Look At The Kargil War Contributors Include Rahul Bedi, Bharat Bhushan, Sunanda K. Datta Ray, Sankarshan Thakur Among Many Others.

Author : Peter R. Lavoy
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 427 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2009-11-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781139482820

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Asymmetric Warfare in South Asia by Peter R. Lavoy Pdf

The 1999 conflict between India and Pakistan near the town of Kargil in contested Kashmir was the first military clash between two nuclear-armed powers since the 1969 Sino-Soviet war. Kargil was a landmark event not because of its duration or casualties, but because it contained a very real risk of nuclear escalation. Until the Kargil conflict, academic and policy debates over nuclear deterrence and proliferation occurred largely on the theoretical level. This deep analysis of the conflict offers scholars and policymakers a rare account of how nuclear-armed states interact during military crisis. Written by analysts from India, Pakistan, and the United States, this unique book draws extensively on primary sources, including unprecedented access to Indian, Pakistani, and U.S. government officials and military officers who were actively involved in the conflict. This is the first rigorous and objective account of the causes, conduct, and consequences of the Kargil conflict.

Author : Ramachandra Guha
Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Page : 100 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781509883288

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India After Gandhi: The History of the World's Largest Democracy by Ramachandra Guha Pdf

Ramachandra Guha’s India after Gandhi is a magisterial account of the pains, struggles, humiliations and glories of the world’s largest and least likely democracy. A riveting chronicle of the often brutal conflicts that have rocked a giant nation, and of the extraordinary individuals and institutions who held it together, it established itself as a classic when it was first published in 2007. In the last decade, India has witnessed, among other things, two general elections; the fall of the Congress and the rise of Narendra Modi; a major anti-corruption movement; more violence against women, Dalits, and religious minorities; a wave of prosperity for some but the persistence of poverty for others; comparative peace in Nagaland but greater discontent in Kashmir than ever before. This tenth anniversary edition, updated and expanded, brings the narrative up to the present. Published to coincide with seventy years of the country’s independence, this definitive history of modern India is the work of one of the world’s finest scholars at the height of his powers.

Author : Sumit Walia
Publisher : Lancer Publishers
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2021-02-16
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9788170623311

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Unbattled Fears: Reckoning the National Security by Sumit Walia Pdf

Strategic thinking has not been part of our national discourse. Till the end of 20th century, there were a very few public or private think tanks discussing the challenges our nation faced. There was no private news channel till 1999 and when they started, they went about doing their news business. Lack of strategic thinking was apparent during 1962 war with China, when we had clear indications of heinous moves and design of China. The Indian Army had submitted reports highlighting the Chinese threat but it all fell on deaf ears. The Prime Minister of the time thumped the table and said, “It is not the job of Commander-in-Chief to tell the Government who will attack India. China will never attack us, rather China would come to our rescue if needed. You should concentrate on Pakistan!” Rest is history. Successive governments did not learn the lesson. Strategic and National Security matters were still prerogative of government institutions. Till 2000, there were a few government funded or private think tanks (United Service Institution of India, Indian Direct Selling Association, Indian Defence Review etc.) working on this vital subject. New think tanks came up but their reach was limited. There appears to be much more interest in masses now than what it was 20 years ago. This book is a compilation of articles written on different subjects. It is divided in four sections – every section dealing with a different subject. Readers should consider the backdrop date given at the first page of every chapter. This will help putting things in the right perspective.

Author : Subarno Chattarji
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 295 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2009-03-09
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136705045

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Tracking the Media by Subarno Chattarji Pdf

This book is about media content analysis in the English language print media in South Asia, with reference to certain contemporary issues. It is written from the perspective of the need to analyze media discourses and the ways in which their circulation creates a ‘common sense’ view of the world. The focus is on English language papers and news magazines; additionally, some Hindi, Urdu, and Sindhi newspapers are examined. The highlight is on the ways in which English language publications contribute to and function within middle class matrices of modernity, consumption, conflict, and conservatism in India.

Author : Air Marshal Anil Chopra,Air Marshal M Matheswaran,Lt Gen Mohinder Puri,Lt Gen BS Pawar,V Adm Muralidharan,Navneet Bhushan,Gp Capt AK Sachdev,Prof SN Misra,Col Danvir Singh
Publisher : Lancer Publishers LLC
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781940988399

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Indian Defence Review (Jul-Sep 2018) by Air Marshal Anil Chopra,Air Marshal M Matheswaran,Lt Gen Mohinder Puri,Lt Gen BS Pawar,V Adm Muralidharan,Navneet Bhushan,Gp Capt AK Sachdev,Prof SN Misra,Col Danvir Singh Pdf

IN THIS VOLUME: The Prime Minister at Shangri La: Reading between the Lines for a National Security Strategy - Lt Gen JS Bajwa (Editor) INDIAN DEFENCE REVIEW COMMENT : Awakening to National Defence: Hope at Last? - Lt Gen Gautam Banerjee ------------------------------------------- Combat Potential of the IAF for a Two-Front War - Gp Capt AK Sachdev Future of Air Dominance - Air Marshal Anil Chopra Maritime Crime and Terrorism - V Adm Muralidharan Countering Stealth Aircraft Technology: The Race to See through “Invisibility” - Gp Capt Joseph Noronha Future Military Helicopters - Design & Development - Lt Gen BS Pawar Future Aerial Weapons - Air Marshal Anil Chopra Towards a more Vigorous Make-in-India in Defence Manufacturing - Prof (Dr) SN Misra & Sanjaya Ku Ghadai India and the New Great Game in Central Asia - Martand Jha Can the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation bring India and Pakistan Closer? - Col (Dr) PK Vasudeva India-Indonesia Ties: Chinese Elephant in the Room - Jabin T Jacob Terror: Lessons from Paris and Beyond - Brig Pradeep Sharma Leadership and Management in the Indian Army - Lt Gen Mohinder Puri Jammu & Kashmir: The Way Forward - Brig Anil Gupta Emperor Lalitaditya: One among India’s Greatest Soldier-Statesmen - Col Tej K Tikoo Aerospace and Defence News - Priya Tyagi War as a Multi-Dimensional Whole: A Framework for India in a Repolarizing World - Navneet Bhushan India’s Defence Budget and Military Modernisation - Air Marshal M Matheswaran In Search of a Rifle: Ministry of Defence Goes Globe Trolling - Col Danvir Singh Head Hunters in Kargil-Naga Regiment - Sumit Walia

Author : Priyanjali Malik
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2014-03-21
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781317809845

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India's Nuclear Debate by Priyanjali Malik Pdf

Making the right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party’s nuclear tests in 1998 its starting point, this book examines how opinion amongst India’s ‘attentive’ public shifted from supporting nuclear abstinence to accepting — and even feeling a need for — a more assertive policy, by examining the complexities of the debate in India on nuclear policy in the 1990s. The study seeks to account for the shift in opinion by looking at the parallel processes of how nuclear policy became an important part of the public discourse in India, and what it came to symbolise for the country’s intelligentsia during this decade. It argues that the pressure on New Delhi in the early 1990s to fall in line with the non-proliferation regime, magnified by India’s declining global influence at the time, caused the issue to cease being one of defence, making it a focus of nationalist pride instead. The country’s nuclear programme thus emerged as a test of its ability to withstand external compulsions, guaranteeing not so much the sanctity of its borders as a certain political idea of it — that of a modern, scientific and, most importantly, ‘sovereign’ state able to defend its policies and set its goals.

Author : Devika Sethi
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-05-23
Category : History
ISBN : 9781108484244

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War over Words by Devika Sethi Pdf

Recovers, narrates, and interrogates the history of censorship of publications in India over three crucial decades - 1930-1960.

Author : Rachna Bisht Rawat
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2019-08-19
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9789353055912

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Kargil by Rachna Bisht Rawat Pdf

Why does a group of stranded paratroopers call for Bofors' fire upon its own position? Why is an old man in Palampur fighting for justice for his dead soldier son? What makes a martyr's father visit a young Kashmiri girl every year? Kargil takes you into the treacherous mountains where some of Indian Army's bloodiest battles were fought. Interviewing war survivors and martyrs' families, Rachna Bisht Rawat tells stories of extraordinary human courage, of not just men in uniform but also those who loved them the most. With its gritty stories of incomparable bravery, Kargil is a tribute to the 527 young braves who gave up their lives for us-and the many who were ready to do it too.

Author : Lt Gen Harbakhsh Singh
Publisher : Lancer Publishers LLC
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1991
Category : India-Pakistan Conflict, 1965
ISBN : 9781935501596

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War Despatches: Indo–Pak Conflict 1965 by Lt Gen Harbakhsh Singh Pdf

The conflict was short and limited, packed with intense activity, major movement, heavy fighting and crucial decisions. The initiative rested with Pakistan to commence hostilities, which they did with a mix of irregular and regular troops and tactics. This is a story of anticipation, of impending actions, of virtual equality of forces engaged in a savage battle of attrition in which no quarters were given or asked. The author, GOC-in-C Western Command during those fateful days provided an unflappable presence under whose command the Army imposed unacceptable levels of losses on the enemy, first toning down their rhetoric, then their confidence, and lastly their ability to sustain very high levels of material losses. There is very little material or records to draw upon for our military studies of warfare in and around the Indian subcontinent. War Despatches narrates for the first time the inside story through original despatches field by the Army Commander from the war zone. To maintain the authenticity of the Despatches, the military style of writing has been followed in the text as far as possible.

Author : Mukul Deva
Publisher : Marshall Cavendish International Asia Pte Ltd
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2013-02-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9789814435864

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S.T.R.I.P.T.E.A.S.E: The Art of Corporate Warfare by Mukul Deva Pdf

In the intense competition of today’s corporate world, CEOs cannot merely apply the theories of management they learnt in classrooms—unless, of course, they are content with mediocre success. No corporation can hope to succeed without proper strategies, discipline and determination—and there is no better place to learn those from than the battlefield. S.T.R.I.P.T.E.A.S.E. – The Art of Corporate Warfare studies military strategies, some brilliant, others flawed, taken from the times of Alexander the Great right up to recent military campaigns, and applies them to the dynamic, cut-throat world of modern business where ignoring minor details can spell disaster. The book highlights the importance of:• Selecting and maintaining an aim • Concentrating force at the decisive point • Economic use of resources • Boosting the morale of your workforce • Surprising your competitor The author is a successful entrepreneur who learnt the lessons in this book while on operational duty in Sri Lanka and at the Siachen Glacier during his service in the Indian Army. S.T.R.I.P.T.E.A.S.E. is the easiest way to learn from the great history of warfare and transform your business into an even more successful and profitable organisation.

Author : Aparna Rao,Michael Bollig,Monika Böck
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 366 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2008-03-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 085745059X

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The Practice of War by Aparna Rao,Michael Bollig,Monika Böck Pdf

The fact is that war comes in many guises and its effects continue to be felt long after peace is proclaimed. This challenges the anthropologists who write of war as participant observers. Participant observation inevitably deals with the here and now, with the highly specific. It is only over the long view that one can begin to see the commonalities that emerge from the different forms of conflict and can begin to generalize. [From the Introduction] More needs to be understood about the ways of war and its effects. What implications does war have for people, their lived-in communities and larger political systems; how do they cope and adjust in war situations and how do they deal with the changed world that they inhabit once peace is declared? Through a series of essays that move from looking at the nature of violence to the peace processes that follow it, this important book provides some answers to these questions. It also analyzes those new dimensions of social interaction, such as the internet, which now provide a bridge between local concerns and global networks and are fundamentally altering the practices of war.