Limited War in South Asia: From Decolonization to Recent Times (Military Strategy and Operational Art)
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| Rating | : | 4.12 (506 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1409461998 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 223 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-09-08 |
| Language | : | English |
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About the AuthorScott Gates is Director of the Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW) at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway. Kaushik Roy is a Reader at the Department of History, Jadavpur University and a Senior Researcher at CSCW, PRIO, Oslo, Norway.
. Scott Gates is Director of the Centre for the Study of Civil War (CSCW) at Peace Research Institute Oslo (PRIO), Norway. Kaushik Roy is a Reader at the Department of History, Jadavpur University and a Senior Researcher at CSCW, PRIO, Oslo, Norway
Based on sources not easily accessible to Western scholars, this volume argues that conventional warfare has been limited in South Asia from the very beginning, for reasons both cultural and realpolitik.. Focusing on China, India and Pakistan, this volume takes a unique approach. Regional rivalries between India and Pakistan are linked with global rivalries between the USA and USSR (later Russia) and then China, and war is defined in a broader perspective. They also highlight the relationship between civil-military relations and military policies. Although South Asia has experienced large-scale conventional warfare on several occasions since the end of World War II, there is an almost total neglect of analysis of conventional warfare in the Indian subcontinent. Tactical conduct of warfare (the nature of mobile armoured strikes and static linear infantry combat supported by heavy artillery) and generalship are studied along with military strategy, doctrine, and grand st