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AZIZ's NOTEBOOK: at the heart of the iranian revolution; Chowra Makaremi; Translated by Renuka George; Yoda Press; PP 149; Price Rs 250
Sushant Sareen

Book Review - Iranian Revolution and How it Devoured its Children

Can there be anything in common between the Islamic Revolution led by the Ayatollahs of Iran, the formation of a medieval Islamic Emirate by the Taliban of Afghanistan, the Cultural Revolution unleashed by the Red Guards of Maoist China and the...

November 5, 2013
Tags: AZIZ, Iranian revolution, Islamic Emirate, Islamic Revolution, International Relations and Diplomacy
Debating Culture; Anirban Ganguly; D K Printworld (P) Ltd, New Delhi, 2013; PP 158; Price Rs 400
Dr Dilip K. Chakrabarti, Editor, VIF History Volumes

Book Review - Highlighting Contributions of National Thinkers

Dr Anirban Ganguly’s book Debating Culture discusses the concept of culture in the writings of several outstanding national thinkers.

October 24, 2013
Tags: Archaeological Survey, CAG Reports, Cultural awareness, Debating Culture, Historical and Civilisational Studies
India’s Foreign Policy: A Reader ; Edited by Kanti P Bajpai and Harsh V Pant; Oxford University Press, New Delhi, 2013; PP 452; Price Rs 1095
Amb Kanwal Sibal

Book Review - Perceptive but Dated Look at India’s Foreign Policy

Kanti Bajpai and Harsh V. Pant have edited this book for the benefit of graduate students studying Indian foreign policy, those teaching the subject as well as the general reader interested in its key aspects. It is a compilation of 14 essays, apart...

October 14, 2013
Tags: China, Climate Change, India-Pakistan rivalry, Indian foreign policy, US, WTO, International Relations and Diplomacy
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
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, 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
Tags: Ancient civilization, nuclear tests, Rocket technology, Strategic deterrence, Governance and Political Studies
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
Tags: Haqqani network, Islamic extremism, Jihad, Manba al-Jihad, Tehreek-e-Taliban, International Relations and Diplomacy
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
Tags: National Security and Strategic Studies, Azad Kashmir, Kashmir, Pakistan, Jammu & Kashmir
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