1965 War: The Inside Story Book Information:

the first all-out clash between the two nations and mdash;India and Pakistan, after the Partition in 1947.Y.B. Chavan, India's former Defence Minister, recorded in his own hand the 22-day war. The inside story reveals:Utter failure of intelligence on timing of Pak attack.How and why Chavan ordered IAF to launch attack without even informing the PM.Why India attacked across the international border? Reasons as per Chavan recording, and ldquo;If we fail and mdash;and I cannot even imagine of it and mdash;the Nation fails and rdquo;.How a Division Commander bolted from the theatre of operation. How the Army Commander sacrificed over 300 men for and ldquo;the Greater Glory of his Regiment and rdquo;. Why the Indian Army did not march into Lahore.Occasions when the Army Chief almost lost his nerve.How the Defence Minister, the Army and Air chiefs worked as team.How PM kept his cool and emerged as a great leader in War.Was it a Futile War? Did India lose in Tashkent what was won on battle-fields.Finally, how the political leadership re-established its proper relationship with the defence forces leadership and wiped out bitter memories of the 1962 India-China War.The book is a tribute to the IAF that was deployed in war for the first time after the Independence. Also to India's armoured Regiments that fought valiantly and destroyed myth of superiority of the Pattons.

• Book Type/Genre :

Region & Countries

• Book Binding :

Hardcover

• Language :

English

• Number of Pages :

Page count varies on each edition/reprint

• ISBN - 10 :

• 1965 War: The Inside Story Published On :

2007

• Resource:

History, Region & Countries Book is recommended for Students, Teachers, Graduates, Professionals, and all bibliophiles

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