{"product_id":"the-defence-makeover-10-myths-that-shape-indias-image","title":"The Defence Makeover - 10 Myths that Shape India's Image","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Pravin Sawhney\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Sage Publications\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2002\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 458\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 0761996133\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is an engaging and provocative book.  It challenges the conventional wisdom about Indian security policy; the nature of threats facing New Delhi; the appropriateness of India's traditional strategies; and the value of India's nuclear capabilities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis is an engaging and provocative book.  It challenges the conventional wisdom about Indian security policy; the nature of threats facing New Delhi; the appropriateness of India's traditional strategies; and the value of India's nuclear capabilities. Whether the reader agrees or disagrees with Sawhney's arguments, they ought to help clarify the issues that have been vigorously debated in this country over the past decade.  Both the specialist and the casual reader will profit from reading this work. \u003cbr\u003e—Ashley J. Tellis, Senior Policy Analyst, Rand, Washington, D.C.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e•  China is not a military threat to India\u003cbr\u003e•  The army has frustrated Pakistan's proxy war in Kashmir\u003cbr\u003e•  Nuclear tests have enhanced India's security\u003cbr\u003e•  South Asia is a nuclear flashpoint\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThere are only four of the ten popular 'myths' surrounding India's national security that the author systematically shatters in this unusual, topical and forcefully argued book.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe author maintains that there is a vast separation between how things are and what they are thought to be, between the military and defense policy making, between defense analysts and the ground realities.  This book constitutes the author's \"search\" for the ground realities.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book is divided into five parts.  Each of them has two chapters dealing with a particular subject.  The first part covers the whole gamut of India-China relations.  China is, the author warns, a real and immediate military threat.  He argues that, by signing the 1993 Peace and Tranquility Treaty, India has walked into China's trap, and how, by accepting that the MacMohan line does not exist, it has opened the way for China to gradually nibble away at India territory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePart two deals with Kashmir.  The author debunks India's long-head belief that the Simla Agreement can resolve the problems between India and Pakistan.  Pravin Sawhney also looks at the current situation in Kashmir, especially the role of the Taliban cadres.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe third part considers the likelihood of an all-out conventional war between India and Pakistan, while the next part covers the two limited wars between them-the ongoing Siachen war and the Kargil war.  The last section addresses two questions pertaining to the role of nuclear weapons: are they facilitators of confidence-building measures with Pakistan; and do they enhance India's security?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe book ends with a chapter entitled 'The Bottomline'.  This is not crystal-gazing, nor is it pontification.  Rather, it speaks holistically about what the individual chapters imply for India's defense makeover.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePreface\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eINDIA-CHINA RELATIONS\u003cbr\u003eMyth One\u003cbr\u003eChina is Not a Military Threat to India \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMyth Two\u003cbr\u003eIndia Matches China in Defence Planning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKASHMIR TANGLE\u003cbr\u003eMyth Three\u003cbr\u003eThe Simla Agreement can Resolve the Kashmir Issue\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMyth Four \u003cbr\u003eThe Army has Frustrated Pakistan's Proxy War in Kashmir\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL WAR PARADIGM\u003cbr\u003eMyth Five\u003cbr\u003eSouth Asia is a Nuclear Flashpoint\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMyth Six\u003cbr\u003eIndia and Pakistan are Locked in a Missile Race\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIMITED WARS\u003cbr\u003eMyth Seven\u003cbr\u003eIndia has Scored over Pakistan by Occupying Siachen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMyth Eight\u003cbr\u003eIndia Won a Decisive Victory in Kargil\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSTRATEGIC AUTONOMY\u003cbr\u003eMyth Nine\u003cbr\u003eNuclear Deterrence has Facilitated Confidence-building Measures\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMyth Ten\u003cbr\u003eNuclear Tests have enhanced India's Security\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTHE BOTTOMLINE\u003cbr\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Pravin Sawhney \/ Sage Publications \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153488638320,"sku":"8690","price":39.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/8690.jpg?v=1793910269","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/the-defence-makeover-10-myths-that-shape-indias-image","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}