Bøger af Gautam Banerjee

Conceptualising the foundations of national defence and organising a conformingly robust military structure is an extremely complex task. This book does not offer formulae for the achievement of military success. Rather it offers an insight into the processes that enable military planners to conceive the best possible force composition.

A compilation of 30 pioneering papers on issues connected with India's national defence. The papers are a part of the vast repository of VIF publications over the past decade of its functioning as a strategic think tank with the purpose of addressing the complex commitments on defence that the State has been confronted with.

To commemorate the Tenth Anniversary of the Vivekananda International Foundation, a selection of 15 articles of contemporary national concerns, along with analyses and prognoses, are presented in this volume. The topics chosen are diverse, and the analyses are as current today as when the papers were written.

Past unfamiliarity with the Chinese way of politico-diplomatic expressions, aided by China's unilaterally adopted adversarial posture towards India, makes it imperative for India's strategic community to study China's moves very carefully, and draw conclusions for the purpose of managing a strained relationship. This book is a compilation of such observations, analyses and inferences.