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A Military History of India since 1972 is a definitive work of
military history that gives the Indian military its rightful place
as a key contributor to Indian democracy. Arjun Subramaniam offers
an engaging narrative that combines superb storytelling with the
academic rigor of deep research and analysis. It is a comprehensive
account of India's resolute, responsible, and restrained use of
force as an instrument of statecraft and how the military has
played an essential role in securing the country's democratic
tradition along with its rise as an economic and demographic power.
This book is also about how the Indian nation-state and its armed
forces have coped with the changing contours of modern conflict in
the decades since 1972. These include the 2016 'surgical' or
cross-border strikes across the Line of Control with Pakistan by
the Indian Army's Special Forces, the face-offs with the Chinese at
Doklam in 2017 and in Ladakh in 2020, the preemptive punitive
strikes by the Indian Air Force against terrorist camps in Pakistan
in 2019, and the large-scale aerial engagement between the Indian
Air Force and the Pakistan Air Force the following day. These
conflicts also include the long-running insurgencies in the
northeast, terrorism and proxy war in Jammu and Kashmir, separatist
violence in Punjab, and the Indian Peace Keeping Force's
intervention in Sri Lanka. The author also includes a chapter on
the development of India's nuclear capabilities. Arjun Subramaniam
enlivens the narrative with a practitioner's insights amplified by
interviews and conversations with almost a hundred serving and
retired officers, including former chiefs from all the three armed
forces for an in-depth exploration of land, air, and naval
operations. The structure of the book offers readers a choice of
either embarking on a comprehensive and chronological examination
of war and conflict in contemporary India or a selective reading
based on specific timelines or campaigns.
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