Operation Khukri
Author: Damini Punia
Publisher: Ebury Press
Published: 2021
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 9780143453369
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The Sinking of INS Khukri: Survivor's Stories
Author: Major General Ian Cardozo
Publisher: Roli Books Private Limited
Published: 2006-12-01
Total Pages: 206
ISBN-13: 9351940993
DOWNLOAD EBOOK9 December 1971. 8.45 p.m. Torpedoed by a Pakistani submarine, the INS Khukri sank within minutes. Along with the ship, 178 sailors and 18 officers made the supreme sacrifice. Last seen calmly puffing on his cigarette, Captain Mahendra Nath Mulla, captain of the Khukri, chose to go down with his ship. This defining moment of the 1971 war between India and Pakistan is the basis of Major General Ian Cardozo's attempt to understand what happened that day and why. Major General Cardozo brings fresh insight into the hellish ordeal by including the heartfelt accounts of the survivors and of the members of their families. These accounts transform the stereotypical understanding of the incident; they also supplement it. We glimpse fear, trauma and death at first hand. In the annals of war writing, General Cardozo humanizes this cataclysmic event as never before.
Twenty-first-century Peace Operations
Author: William J. Durch
Publisher: US Institute of Peace Press
Published: 2006
Total Pages: 706
ISBN-13: 9781929223916
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis superbly edited volume addresses the question of what has been accomplished and what lessons have been learned from ten years of peace operations in post-conflict societies.
Indian Power Projection
Author: Shashank Joshi
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Published: 2017-07-14
Total Pages: 155
ISBN-13: 1351712799
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhile India is growing into one of Asia’s most important military powers, accounts of this rise have been impressionistic and partial. Indian Power Projection assesses the strength, reach and purposes of India’s maturing capabilities, offering a systematic analysis of India’s ability to conduct long-range power projection. The study finds that India’s power projection is in a nascent stage but that, nevertheless, it may be the case that India will find itself using military force beyond its land borders.
A Military History of India since 1972
Author: Arjun Subramaniam
Publisher: University Press of Kansas
Published: 2021-06-09
Total Pages: 488
ISBN-13: 0700631984
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA 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 by the Indian Army’s Special Forces across the line of control with Pakistan, the face-off 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 Peacekeeping 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 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 time lines or campaigns.
Counterterrorism
Author: Frank Shanty
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Published: 2012-08-17
Total Pages: 1030
ISBN-13: 1598845454
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis two-volume set examines modern nation-state legislative, diplomatic, military, and non-military attempts to combat terrorism within and outside state borders. The articles which comprise this comprehensive reference work address counterterrorism efforts employed by the international community prior to and following the events of September 11, 2001. Global terrorism in the 21st century threatens the foundations of secular democracies and directly challenges global security thereby raising new and critical issues that transcend national borders. This two-volume reference carefully examines threats such as Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) terrorism, agro-environmental terrorism, and energy-related terrorism, and discusses technologies and strategies—such as the use of biometrics, data mining, information systems, psychological profiling, and terrorists rehabilitation efforts—to mitigate these threats. Counterterrorism: From the Cold War to the War on Terror provides an easy-to-read discussion of some of the principal issues involved in combating contemporary terrorism. Information is presented in non-technical language, making it appealing to the general reader as well as a solid reference for undergraduate college students and researchers. Following each article are references to other articles of interest and a comprehensive index facilitates access to specific subject material. The second volume includes a compilation of significant national and international treaties, laws, conventions, and protocols that have been implemented in an attempt to counter these ongoing threats to domestic and international security.
Understanding Peacekeeping
Author: Paul D. Williams
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Published: 2020-12-18
Total Pages: 496
ISBN-13: 0745686753
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPeace operations remain a principal tool for managing armed conflict and protecting civilians. The fully revised, expanded and updated third edition of Understanding Peacekeeping provides a comprehensive and up-to-date introduction to the theory, history, and politics of peace operations. Drawing on a dataset of nearly two hundred historical and contemporary missions, this book evaluates the changing characteristics of the contemporary international environment in which peace operations are deployed, the strategic purposes peace operations are intended to achieve, and the major challenges facing today’s peacekeepers. All the chapters have been revised and updated, and five new chapters have been added – on stabilization, organized crime, exit strategies, force generation, and the use of force. Part 1 summarizes the central concepts and issues related to peace operations. Part 2 charts the historical development of peacekeeping, from 1945 through to 2020. Part 3 analyses the strategic purposes that United Nations and other peace operations are intended to achieve – namely, prevention, observation, assistance, enforcement, stabilization, and administration. Part 4 looks forward and examines the central challenges facing today’s peacekeepers: force generation, the regionalization and privatization of peace operations, the use of force, civilian protection, gender issues, policing and organized crime, and exit strategies.
India Intelligence, Security Activities and Operations Handbook
Author: IBP USA
Publisher: Lulu.com
Published: 2013-08
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 1433023016
DOWNLOAD EBOOK2011 Updated Reprint. Updated Annually. India Intelligence, Security Activities & Operations Handbook
Providing Peacekeepers
Author: Alex J. Bellamy
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 2013-02-28
Total Pages: 478
ISBN-13: 0199672822
DOWNLOAD EBOOKProviding Peacekeepers analyzes the factors which encourage (or discourage) states from contributing their soldiers to serve in United Nations peacekeeping operations. It focuses on the UN's experiences during the twenty-first century and does so through four thematic and sixteen case study chapters.
Current Affairs Monthly Capsule July 2021 Guide: Download PDF!
Author: Testbook.com
Publisher: Testbook.com
Published: 2021-08-07
Total Pages: 261
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis exclusive ebook on Current Affairs Monthly Capsule July 2021 Guide covers trending July affairs on 17 broad subjects involving National & International issues. Download PDF to know more about current Govt. policies, Awards, Days/Events, etc.
