{"product_id":"low-intensity-conflicts-in-india-an-analysis","title":"Low Intensity Conflicts in India - An Analysis","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Vivek Chadha\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sage Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2005\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 504\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0761933255\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLow intensity conflicts (or LICs) are motivated and sustained by a strong ideology-be it economic, political, ethnic or psychological. Through a sustained process of attrition, these often protracted struggles are capable of bringing the state to its knees, besides draining the exchequer and resulting in the loss of many lives.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis important book is the first comprehensive account of LICs in India from 1947 to the present. The conflicts covered in detail are:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMilitancy in both Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir\u003cbr\u003eThe complex problems in the North-East\u003cbr\u003eThe agitation for Gorkhaland and Naxalite violence.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLt Col Vivek Chadha covers all facets of these LICs including their causes and origins, the factors that sustain them and the trajectory of each. He provides a comparative analysis of the causes of these conflicts and examines the state’s response in dealing with them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eInsightful, objective and lucidly written, this book will attract a wide readership among army, paramilitary and police personnel as well as administrators, policy-makers and students of strategic studies. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEWS\u003cbr\u003e   \u003cbr\u003eLt Col Chadha`s research is exhaustive, extensive and in-depth, Reading through this book was a learning experience. \u003cbr\u003e-Lt Gen (Retd) V K Sood, former Vice-Chief of Army Staff\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLt Col Chadha combines a scholar’s analytical abilities with a soldier’s operational experience, in giving insights into the political, social and economic causes of the threat posed by insurgencies, This book is remarkable in its scholarly rigour and the precision of research, Lt Col Chadha’s book is undoubtedly different and unique. \u003cbr\u003e-J N Dixit, former National Security Advisor\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFOREWORD BY LATE J N DIXIT\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePREFACE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINTRODUCTION\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI JAMMU AND KASHMIR: Kashmir - The Beginning\u003cbr\u003e1947-48 Indo-Pak Conflict\u003cbr\u003eLIC Preceding 1965 Indo-Pak War\u003cbr\u003eThe Siachen Imbroglio\u003cbr\u003eActive Insurgency\u003cbr\u003eKargil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eII PUNJAB: Pre-Independence Period\u003cbr\u003ePost-Independence Period\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIII THE NORTH-EAST: Assam-ULFA\u003cbr\u003eAssam-Bodo Resistance\u003cbr\u003eNagaland\u003cbr\u003eManipur\u003cbr\u003eMizoram\u003cbr\u003eTripura\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIV MINOR CONFLICTS: Gorkhaland Movement\u003cbr\u003eNaxalite Movements\u003cbr\u003eConclusion\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAPPENDICES\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINDEX\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Vivek Chadha \/ Sage Publications \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153691930992,"sku":"15284","price":36.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/15284.jpg?v=1793912671","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/low-intensity-conflicts-in-india-an-analysis","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}