| Description |
xx, 347 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Evolution of an Indian strategic culture -- The rise of Asia: a civilisational overview -- An RMA-based approach to Indian military history -- War-fighting in ancient India: emergence of the Kautilyan paradigm: the elephant-based RMA -- An indigenous military revival: Shivaji, the Sikhs, the Vijaynagar Empire and the Ahoms of Assam -- The British period: the infantry-based RMA -- pt. 2. Post-independence operations: consolidation of an Indian strategic culture -- J&K 1947-48: first Indo-Pak conflict -- Strategic challenge: war with China, 1962 -- Limited wae: 1965 Indo-Pak conflict: graduation to the level of operational art -- Quasi-total war: 1971 war for the liberation of Bangladesh: the consolidation of an Indian war-fighting paradigm -- Ugly instability: sub-conventional conflict under conditions of nuclear symmetry -- Limited wars under conditions of nuclear symmetry -- The post-Operation Parakram scenario: doctrinal ferment -- Insights: patterns of South Asian military history and the threat from China -- Lessons learnt and key issues -- Epilogue. Transformation in force structures and doctrines: the fourth RMA? |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 341-347) |
| Subject |
Military art and science -- India.
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| SUBJECT |
India -- History, Military.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2003004943
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India -- Military policy.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008115409
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India -- Politics and government. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85064936
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| LC no. |
2009305322 |
| ISBN |
8187966521 |
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9788187966524 |
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