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Kargil: Past Perfect, Future Uncertain?
Author
Vivek Chadha
Specifications
  • ISBN 13 : 9789389137132
  • year : 2019
  • language : English
  • binding : Hardbound
Description
The Kargil conflict was fought 20 years ago. However, it continues to remain relevant for strategic analysts, military historians, academics, armed forces personnel and diplomats. This book, delves into the structures, planning processes and procedures adopted while pursuing diplomacy, higher direction of war and strategic communications, on both sides of the Line of Control during the Kargil conflict. In doing so, existing arguments are challenged and alternative conclusions drawn. This includes the debate around the decision to not cross the LoC during operations, the decision making process involved with the employment of air power and limitations of existing strategic communication structures of the armed forces, as observed during the conflict. Contents: Acknowledgements • Introduction • Turning the Tables: Kargil a Diplomatic Coup • The Higher Direction of War • Strategic Communications during the Kargil Conflict • The Challenge of Future Conflicts: Kargil and Beyond • Competing Notions of Victory: Case of Pakistan • The Case of China • The Future of Conflict • Conclusion.