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India’s National Security: A Reader ; Edited by Kanti P Bajpai and Harsh V Pant; Oxford University Press; PP 486; Price Rs 995
Brig Vinod Anand, Senior Fellow, VIF

Book Review - Understanding India’s National Security Concerns

The book is part of a series by Oxford University Press dealing with ‘critical issues in Indian politics’. It is a compilation of papers on major national security challenges facing the nation. It looks at the different facets of insurgency,...

August 27, 2013
National Security and Strategic Studies
Tags: Defence reforms, Indian Politics, insurgency, national security, Terrorism
Thoughts for Change - We can do it; APJ Abdul Kalam & A Sivathanu Pillai; Pentagon Press; PP 289; Price Rs 495
Lt Col Anil Bhat

Book Review A Guide to Greatness

The ancient civilization Sindhu/Indus/Hindu/India- steeped in arts, culture, administration and most of all science and a great reserve of natural resources, became a lucrative target for marauders who converted or killed and either way, plundered...

August 11, 2013
Governance and Political Studies
Tags: Ancient civilization, nuclear tests, Rocket technology, Strategic deterrence
Fountainhead of Jihad:The Haqqani Nexus, 1973-2012; Vahid Brown and Don Rassler; Hachette India; PP 320; Price Rs 450
Amb Prabhat P Shukla

Book Review - Exposing the harsh reality of Jihadi Networks

Fountainhead of Jihad is one among the more important books on the nature of Jihad and Islamic extremism in recent times. There have been several in this genre, as interest quickens around the world on this subject. In the South Asian context, it is...

August 7, 2013
International Relations and Diplomacy
Tags: Haqqani network, Islamic extremism, Jihad, Manba al-Jihad, Tehreek-e-Taliban
Kashmir: The Unwritten History; Christopher Snedden; Harper Collins; PP 434; Rs 599
Sushant Sareen

Book Review - An Underhand Pitch for Plebiscite

Over the last few months, there is suddenly a lot of unnecessary, unwarranted and self-serving focus of Western academics, analysts and authors on the India-Pakistan equation – the issue of Jammu and Kashmir inevitably being a centre-piece of the...

July 24, 2013
National Security and Strategic Studies, Jammu & Kashmir
Tags: Azad Kashmir, Kashmir, Pakistan
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