ABOUT THE BOOK
fjrigjwwe9r0pp_Books:Description
This book portrays how
the peculiarities of sub-conventional warfare impact the soldiers and what
needs to be done to address the ill effects by various agencies at macro as
well as micro level. Specially, it brings out the methodology to sustain
motivation of troops in this special
warfare and suggests measures to optimize their stress levels. Through
this book, the author has brought out various issues which cause extraordinary
stress among army personnel operating in sub-conventional warfare environment.
The issue assumes greater significance due to the fact that soldiers trained in
conventional warfare tactics suffer higher levels of stress when employed for
sub-conventional operations. Various
realistic recommendations have been made to address stress related issues in
the army.
The bearings of this
study are universal with special reference to Indian context. This book has
tried to highlight some of the basic issues that need to be addressed to build
army`s human resource for sub-conventional warfare, while keeping their
conventional warfare capability intact. Sub-conventional operations put
tremendous professional and psychological pressures on military leaders and
troops. Therefore, the importance of sustaining their motivation and morale in
these circumstances, assumes added importance, which if not addressed in right
earnest, can well manifest in the form of stress, tension, frustration, anger
and cumulatively result in below par performance as a combat outfit.
The analyses presented
in this book reflect upon the need of understanding sub-conventional warfare,
its impact on the psyche of participating troops and adopting methodology to
develop army`s human resource by sustaining their motivational levels through
stress optimization process.
ABOUT Author
fjrigjwwe9r0pp_Books:aboutAuthor
A former Research
Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA), New Delhi, Colonel Kailash Chandra Dixit is an
alumnus of National Defence Academy. He was commissioned into the Indian Army
in 1983. He has done M.Tech in communication engineering and MBA in HR &
PR. He commanded a Corps Operating Signal Regiment in Counter Insurgency
Operations (OP RHINO) in the eastern theatre. He is an experienced communication
planner and executor and was awarded COAS Commendation Card for displaying
exceptional devotion to duty, tact in handling men, resources and dealing with
local population in CI environment.
He has presented a
number of papers, chaired number of sessions on human resource development and
conducted lectures on sustaining motivation, optimization of stress and
understanding sub-conventional warfare for IPS/IFS/IAS probationers as also BSF
DIGs/Commandants. He has been Associate
Editor of the Journal of Defence Studies.
He has written number of articles in peer reviewed journals. His occasional
papers on Sustaining Motivation in
sub-conventional warfare, Addressing Stress-Related Issues in Army and
Optimising Stress in Sub-Conventional warfare have been well received.
He was Director ISTT at
Integrated HQ of MoD(Army) and before joining IDSA, was responsible for
training and HRD of more than 90,000 personnel of the Corps of Signals.