Armies

COMBAT DIARY

A nation's army comprises of its various regiments and their gallant soldiers, who have time and again stood between the enemy and the people of the country and defended their honour and their right to live independently. And when it comes to the ...

HINDUISM AND ITS MILITARY ETHOS

The simple answer is that we do not have a simple answer; and complex answers are difficult to understand. We know Hinduism as the most ancient, complex and fascinating religion of humankind; it may also be the least understood, due to its bewilde...

IN THE LINE OF DUTY: A SOLDIER REMEMBERS

Walking tall, literally, and figuratively, Lt Gen Harbakhsh Singh, VrC, was one of the most gallant and outstanding officers of the Indian Army. He was among the first batch of officers commissioned from the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. His ...

INDIA S WARS SINCE INDEPENDENCE

INDIAN ARMED FORCES

An excellent overview.

INDIAN ARMY AFTER INDEPENDENCE

Post-Independence, the Indian Army has been rendering invaluable service to the nation in the sphere of national integration, national defence and national stability. This book is a record of that service from 1947 to 1984. A strong professional a...

INDIAN DEFENCE REVIEW JUL-SEP 2009

The Indian Defence Review is a quarterly review read by senior Indian policy makers at senior bureaucratic, political and judicial levels. The IDR boasts that it is the 'most quoted Indian defence publication. Capt. Bharat Verma is the editor of t...

INDIAN MILITARY THOUGHT. KURUKSHETRA TO KARGIL AND FUTURE PERSPECTIVES

Indian Military Thought aspires to present a panorama of India's martial heritage, denoted by its unconquerable ancient epoch; a critique of the generally misread medieval age vicissitudes; followed by a survey of the contemporary and post-indepen...

KASHMIR IN CONFLICT. INDIA, PAKISTAN AND THE UNENDING WAR

How has the valley of Kashmir, famed for its beauty and tranquility, become the focus of a dispute with the potential for nuclear conflict? How does the Kashmir separatist movement challenge the integrity of the Indian state and threaten the stabi...

MUMBAI 26/11. A DAY OF INFAMY

Mumbai -26/11 saw a mix of commando-style attacks typical of the special forces of an army and indiscriminate killing of civilians typical of the Lashkar-e-Toiba (LeT), the Pakistani jihadi organisation. The meticulous planning, the thorough train...

PEACEKEEPERS AT WAR: BEIRUT 1983 - THE MARINE COMMANDER TELLS HIS STORY

On October 23, 1983, near-simultaneous suicide truck bombings killed 241 U.S. Marines in their barracks at the Beirut International Airport (BIA) and 58 French paratroopers at their headquarters two miles north of BIA. In this long-awaited book, t...

STRUTTURA, UNIFORMI E DISTINTIVI DELL ESERCITO ITALIANO 1946-1970

This is a simply immense work on the post-war Italian army. It covers every aspect, and it is extremely well illustrated, featuring 56 colour and 367 b/w photos, 105 colour uniform plates, a further 408 colour photos and plates showing uniform de...

TACKLING ULFA . NORTH-EAST INDIA

Having squarely and successfully confronted the ULFA during 'Operation Bajrang' and 'Operation Rhino' in Assam, the author provides rare insights into the organisation - its genesis, its growth, its leadership, its objectives, its motivations, its...

THE GIRLS COME MARCHING HOME: STORIES OF WOMEN WARRIORS RETURNING FROM THE WAR IN IRAQ

In her award-winning "Band of Sisters: American Women at War in Iraq", Kirsten Holmstedt described how female soldiers, sailors, airmen, and Marines are fighting on the front lines in Iraq despite the military's ban on women in combat. Now Holmste...

THROUGH VETERANS EYES: THE IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN EXPERIENCE