The book covers seventeen important issues of vital national and international important such as defence, foreign affairs, insurgency, militancy etc., based on the author’s personal involvement in military as well as civil capacities right from the Second World War till date. The first four chapters on Secessionist Threats in India, Indo-Nepal relations, Insurgency in Assam and Militancy in Jammu and Kashmir, are based on the author’s experience as India’s Ambassador to Nepal, Governor in Assam and presently Governor of Jammu and Kashmir. He put across India’s stand on Kashmir in a convincing manner in his address at RAND Corporation, Los Angeles (the leading security think tank in the USA). His strategic perceptions presented to Members of Parliament on Threats to National Security, as they existed in 1984, are relevant even today. The other important topics covered in the book are Role of Military in a Democracy, Management of War, Leadership in the Army, Army-Police Cooperation etc., are of great interest for both professionals and others. A useful reference material for research scholars, bureaucrats, politicians and the like, the book is eminently readable for uniformed personnel as well as percipient civilians, all over the world.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR S.K. Sinha
Lt. Gen (Retd.) S.K. Sinha, PVSM, was born in 1926 and graduated from Patna University i 1943. He joined the Army soon thereafter and was commissioned in the JAT Regiment. He saw combat during the Second World War in Burma (Myanmar) and Indonesia. After Independence, he was transferred to 5 Gorkha Rifles (FF). He was associated with the Kashmir War from day one, 27th October 1947, and was intimately connected with it throughout the first Indo-Pak War of 1947-48. He was the Secretary of the Indian delegation to the United Nations Commission for India and Pakistan (UNCIP) in 1949 to delineate the Cease-Fire Line in Kashmir. During his long distinguished career in the Army, General Sinha held all levels of command from a Platoon to a Field Army. He served as Instructor both at the War College in Mhow and at Staff College in Wellington. He held key staff appointments in field formations besides serving in every rank from Capt. to Lt. Gen at Army Headquarters. In 1973, he was decorated with the highest military award for distinguished services, Param Vishisht Seva Medal (PVSM). His last appointment in the Army was Vice Chief of the Army Staff, when he quit the Service in 1983. Appointed as India's Ambassador to Nepal when Indo-Nepal relations had hit their nadir, General Sinha Played a key role in raising Indo-Nepal relations to a high level of cordiality and also in the restoration of democracy in that country. The Prime Minister of Nepal Wrote, "General Sinha was as much India's Ambassador to Nepal as Nepal's Ambassador to India". In 1997, he was appointed Governor of Assam when insurgency was at its peak in that State. He succeeded in isolating the militants and bringing the people of Assam. The people and the Press referred to him as "Our Man in Raj Bhawan", 'a true son of the soil of Assam, totally Assamese in his outlook". He took over as Governor of Jammu and Kashmir in 2003 where he still continues to serve. During the last three years, there has been a marked improvement in the security scenario in that State.
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