Low Intensity Conflicts in India: An Analysis

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Low 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. This important book is the first comprehensive account of LICs in India from 1947 to the present. The conflicts covered in detail are: Militancy in both Punjab and Jammu and Kashmir. The complex problems in the north-east. The agitation for Gorkhaland and Naxalite violence. Lt 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. Insightful, 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.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Vivek Chadha

Lt Col Vivek Chadha is presently at Army Headquarters, New Delhi. After graduating from the National Defence Academy, Pune, he was commissioned into the 8 Maratha Light Infantry during Operation Pawan (Sri Lanka). He has also served in Nagaland, Assam and Jammu and Kashmir. Lt Col Chadha’s previously published books are: Company Commander in Low Intensity Conflict: Principles, Preparation and Conduct (1997); The Book of Military Quotations (2001) and Soldiering (2003). He has also published a number of articles in periodicals like Infantry, Signalman, Infantry Plus and Pinnacle. Lt Col Chadha was awarded the United Service Institution of India, Center for Armed Forces Historical Research (USI-CAFHR), Maharana Pratap Chair for 2002-03. This book has arisen from research conducted during that period.

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Title
Low Intensity Conflicts in India: An Analysis
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8178294427
Length
515p., Figures; Appendices; Bibliography; Index; 21cm.
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