ABOUT THE BOOK

This book is a compilation of 30 pioneering papers on issues connected with India`s nation`s defence. These 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. The titles have been selected to cover a wide range of aspects of national defence and military administration, thus depicting a panorama of India`s military security challenges. More importantly, as the reader would find, even the dated papers remain relevant to this day in charting the evolution of India`s strategic concerns in a tumultuous security environment that we find ourselves.

The book is premised at invoking national strategic conscience among the thinking fraternity. It is hoped that the analyses and inferences propositioned in the Book would generate informed debate on this sensitive subject.

ABOUT Author

During the course of his long and distinguished service in the Indian Army’s Corps of Engineers and the General Staff, Lieutenant General Gautam Banerjee, PVSM,AVSM,YSM (Retd) has served in all of India’s the remote border areas and has participated in all operations undertaken by the Army since 1971. In the later part of his career, Gen Banerjee was the Chief Engineer, Western Army Command, the General Officer Commanding of the Madhya Bharat Area and the Chief of Staff, Central Army Command. Before superannuating after 40 years of distinguished service, he was the Commandant of the Officers’ Training Academy, Chennai.  He is a Member of the Executive Council and a Distinguished Fellow at the Vivekananda International Foundation, New Delhi, a Mentor with many think tanks in India and abroad, and a Consulting Editor in India’s most prominent defence journal, the Indian Defence Review, New Delhi.