Outstanding Victories Of The Indian Army 1947 1971

Author : Col Bhaskar Sarkar - VSM (Retd)
Publisher : Lancer Publishers
Page : 227 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2016-04-20
Category : History
ISBN : 9781897829738

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Outstanding Victories of the Indian Army, 1947-1971 by Col Bhaskar Sarkar - VSM (Retd) Pdf

The Indian Army has fought many battles in the 52 years since independence. Most of them were fought against Pakistan. Some of these were fought against the Chinese, some against the LITE, some against Nizam of Hyderabad and some against the Portuguese in Goa. Some were fought in the mountains of Kashmir. Sikkim or Arunachal Pradesh. Some were fought in the deserts of Rajasthan. Some were fought with adequate resources and after deliberate planning and preparations while others were fought under desperate situations with whatever could be mustered to thwart a superior enemy. Some of these battles have been won, some lost and others ended in stalemate. Aspiring generals and students of military history must study these battles to understand why a particular battle went a particular way. This book deals with 11 outstanding victories of the Indian Army; Shalateng, Rajauri and Zoji La from the Kashmir War 1947-48; Chusul from the 1962 Chinese War; Hajipir, Assal Uttar and Phillora from the lndo-Pak War 1965 and Bayra, Sylhet, Basantar and Dacca from the lndo-Pak War 1971. The book narrates the background and conduct of these battles. It also tries to analyse the factors that contributed to these outstanding victories. It also tries to analyse the qualities that go into the making of a great general.

Author : Scott Gates,Kaushik Roy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781317105008

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Limited War in South Asia by Scott Gates,Kaushik Roy Pdf

This book examines the origins, courses and consequences of conventional wars in post-colonial South Asia. Although South Asia has experienced large-scale conventional warfare on several occasions since the end of World War II, there is an almost total neglect of analysis of conventional warfare in the Indian subcontinent. Focusing on China, India and Pakistan, this volume, therefore, takes a unique approach. Regional rivalries between India and Pakistan are linked with global rivalries between the US and USSR (later Russia) and then China, and war is defined in a broader perspective. The book analyses the conduct of land, sea and air warfare, as well as the causes and consequences of conflicts. Tactical conduct of warfare (the nature of mobile armoured strikes and static linear infantry combat supported by heavy artillery) and generalship are studied along with military strategy, doctrine and grand strategy (national security policy), which is an amalgam of diplomacy, military strategy and economic policy. While following a realpolitik approach, this book blends the development of military strategies and doctrines with the religious and cultural ethos of the subcontinent’s inhabitants. Drawing on sources not easily accessible to Western scholars, the overall argument put forward by this work is that conventional warfare has been limited in South Asia from the very beginning for reasons both cultural and realpolitik. This book will be of much interest to students of South Asian politics, security studies, war and conflict studies, military studies and International Relations in general.

Author : John N. Mayor
Publisher : Nova Publishers
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : History
ISBN : 1590332997

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India by John N. Mayor Pdf

India, long known for its huge population, religious conflicts and its status as not-quite best friend ally of the United States has moved from the backwaters of world attention to centre stage. Afghanistan and Pakistan with whom India is in almost conflict, are neighbours. India has developed a nuclear capability which also has a way of grabbing attention. This book discusses current issues and historical background and provides a thorough index important to a better understanding of this diverse country.

Author : Arjun Subramaniam
Publisher : Naval Institute Press
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2017-09-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781682472422

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India's Wars by Arjun Subramaniam Pdf

India’s armed forces play a key role in protecting the country and occupy a special place in the Indian people’s hearts, yet standard accounts of contemporary Indian history rarely have a military dimension. In India’s Wars, serving Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam seeks to rectify that oversight by giving India’s military exploits their rightful place in history. Subramaniam begins India’s Wars with a frank call to reinvigorate the study of military history as part of Indian history more generally. Part II surveys the development of the India’s army, navy, and air force from the early years of the modern era to 1971. In Parts III and IV, Subramaniam considers conflicts from 1947 to 1962 as well as conflicts with China in 1962 and Pakistan in 1965 and 1971. Part V concludes by assessing these conflicts through the lens of India’s ancient strategist, Kautilya, who is revered in India as much as Sun Tzu is in China. Not merely a wide-ranging historical narrative of India’s military performance in battle, India’s Wars also offers a strategic, operational, and human perspective on the wars fought by independent India’s armed forces. Subramaniam highlights possible ways to improve the synergy between the three services, and argues in favor of the declassification of historical material pertaining to national security. The author also examines the overall state of civil-military relations in India, leadership within the Indian armed forces, as well as training, capability building, and other vitally important issues of concern to citizens, the government, and the armed forces. This objective and critical analysis provides policy cues for the reinvigoration of the armed forces as a critical tool of statecraft and diplomacy. Readers will come away from India’s Wars with a greater understanding of the international environment of war and conflict in modern India. Laced with veterans’ intense experiences in combat operations, and deeply researched and passionately written, it unfolds with surprising ease and offers a fresh perspective on independent India’s history.

Author : M. D. Sharma,M.C. Sharma
Publisher : Gyan Publishing House
Page : 356 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Ministerial responsibility
ISBN : 8178357089

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Paramilitary Forces of India by M. D. Sharma,M.C. Sharma Pdf

In today s situation the security and safety of our countrymen is not only into the hands of Indian army and state police but also forces known as Paramilitary Forces. The security of Indian borders and internal matters are being looked after by these brave men working in these Paramilitary Forces including their history, origin, organization, duties and functions, role and future. It also examines the role of these forces in counter-insurgency and also international peacekeeping under UN. Covering all paramilitary organizations of India, this volume provides valuable information to students, researchers and laymen. An excellent book, which will serve as a sound and lively introduction for all, and also will, makes an impressive and substantial contribution to study of Paramilitary Forces of India.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 546 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2005
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015066008437

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Indian Defence Review by Anonim Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015066173033

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Indian Review of Books by Anonim Pdf

Author : Jogindar Singh
Publisher : Lancer Publishers
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Battles
ISBN : 1897829205

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Behind the Scene by Jogindar Singh Pdf

What does a high practitioner of the military art and sciences, a successful commander and trainer of men, and an outstanding general staff officer find in his thirty-two years of service and two wars? First, that political guidance and military strategic thinking are virtually absent in our affairs of the state. Higher direction of war is well below the poverty line. Singh autopsies the 1965 war as the main example of this poverty. Startlingly, he shows that when the war was joined, a fair proportion of field commanders who failed had already been found wanting in the eastern theatre in 1962. Higher direction was tentative and ad hoc at the Army HQ level. At the theatre level, forward command was being exercised by the theatre commander at battalion levels, who was unable and unwilling to read the big picture and act on wide open operational possibilities being presented on a plate by the enemy. This book lays to rest many operational ghosts of 1965.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1044 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : English imprints
ISBN : UOM:39015063188869

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Indian Books in Print by Anonim Pdf

Author : Steven Wilkinson
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9780674728806

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Army and Nation by Steven Wilkinson Pdf

Steven I. Wilkinson explores how India has succeeded in keeping the military out of politics, when so many other countries have failed. He uncovers the command and control strategies, the careful ethnic balancing, and the political, foreign policy, and strategic decisions that have made the army safe for Indian democracy.

Author : United Service Institution of India
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 716 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : India
ISBN : UOM:39015078413815

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Journal of the United Service Institution of India by United Service Institution of India Pdf

Author : Jonathan Mallory House
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Armies
ISBN : 9781428915831

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Toward Combined Arms Warfare by Jonathan Mallory House Pdf

Author : Daniel Marston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 401 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-24
Category : History
ISBN : 9780521899758

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The Indian Army and the End of the Raj by Daniel Marston Pdf

A unique examination of the role of the Indian army in post-World War II India in the run-up to Partition. Daniel Marston draws upon extensive archival research and interviews with veterans of the events of 1947 to provide fresh insight into the final days of the British Raj.

Author : C. Christine Fair
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199892709

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Fighting to the End by C. Christine Fair Pdf

The Pakistan Army is poised for perpetual conflict with India which it cannot win militarily or politically. What explains Pakistan's persistent revisionism despite increasing costs and decreasing likelihood of success? This book argues that an understanding of the army's strategic culture explains its willingness to fight to the end

Author : Michael H. Fisher
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 313 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-10-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781107111622

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An Environmental History of India by Michael H. Fisher Pdf

This longue durée survey of the Indian subcontinent's environmental history reveals the complex interactions among its people and the natural world.