{"product_id":"kargil-from-surprise-to-victory","title":"Kargil - From Surprise to Victory","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: V P Malik\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2007\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 436\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 8172236352\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA fist-person account of the 1999 Kargil war-its rationale, planning, conduct and impact-from the man at the helm of affairs.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEven as the Indian prime minister and his Pakistani counterpart hugged each other after signing the Lahore Declaration in February 1999, Pakistan Army personnel, in the garb of jehadi militants, infiltrated into Indian territory at Kargil (located high in the Himalayas in the state of Jammu and Kashmir) and triggered off a limited conventional war between the world’s newest nuclear-weapon states. The Pakistani Army achieved a tactical surprise, but failed at the strategic level. The outbreak of war at Kargil also revealed that the Pakistani political leadership was out of synch with the thinking and planning of the country’s military top brass. The author analyses the reasoning behind the Pakistani Army’s moves and tactics and also focuses on the individual responsible.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis incisive volume uncovers several new details and attempts to answer all crucial questions such as: What was the extent of intelligence and surveillance failure on the Indian side and why? What was the rationale for Indian’s grand strategy of restraint despite being a victim of aggression? What was India’s military strategy and how was the war managed? How were the battles in various sectors planned an executed (including tales of exemplary dedication and gallantry) to recapture the strategically important high-altitude mountaintops? What was the international response to the aggression due to the nuclear factor and what was the role played by the USA and China? What was the impact of the war on Pakistan and India? What are the lessons to be learnt from Kargil on the military, political and diplomatic fronts?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eGeneral Malik rounds off the book with a survey of Indo-Pak security relations in the post-Kargil era. In this context, he takes stock of the peace dialogue and its sustainability, given the fact that Pakistan’s military rulers have yet to shun terrorism as an instrument of state policy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen You Go Home, Tell Them Of Us And Say, For Their Tomorrow, We Gave Our Today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eACKNOWLEDGEMENTS\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePROLOGUES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Gathering Storm\u003cbr\u003eWar Planning or Conspiracy?\u003cbr\u003eA Line Uncontrolled\u003cbr\u003eThe Dark Winter\u003cbr\u003eThe Fog of War \u003cbr\u003eThe Reckoning\u003cbr\u003eTurning the Tide\u003cbr\u003eWe Shall Fire the last Shot\u003cbr\u003eCombat and Logistic Support: A Crucial Input\u003cbr\u003eThe Army Family Support System\u003cbr\u003ePartners in Victory\u003cbr\u003eThe Pakistani withdrawal\u003cbr\u003eCrying Nuclear Wolf\u003cbr\u003eWe Shall Fight with Whatever We Have!\u003cbr\u003eThe China Factor\u003cbr\u003eLeave Us Alone: We Are Apolitical The Information Battle\u003cbr\u003eThe Kargil Impact\u003cbr\u003eIndia and Pakistan: Beyond Kargil\u003cbr\u003ePakistan: Blowing Hot, Blowing Cold\u003cbr\u003eEPILOGUE\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDIX 1: Text of Documents Signed at Lahore\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDIX 2: Records of Telephone Conversations \u003cbr\u003eAPPENDIX 3: A Summary of the Kargil Review Committee’s Recommendations\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDIX 4: Press Note from Army Headquarters\u003cbr\u003eINDEX\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"V P Malik \/ HarperCollins \/ Hardcover","offer_id":68153564234096,"sku":"18696","price":39.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/18696.jpg?v=1793911201","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/kargil-from-surprise-to-victory","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}