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020			_a81-7223-635-2
082			_a954.6053 _bMAL/K
100			_aMalik, V. P.
245			_aKargil from surprise to victory
260			_aNew Delhi _bHarperCollins _c2006
300			_a436p.
520			_aIn February 1999, Pakistani Army personnel, disguised as jihadi militants, infiltrated into mountainous Kargil and occupied key vantage points. Their intrusion triggered a limited war between the world's newest nuclear states. It was a bitter battle, and one that threw up important lessons for India's defence preparedness, as also its responses to conflicts such as this. This incisive book by General V.P. Malik, former Chief of the Army Staff, analyses the reasoning behind the Pakistani Army's moves and tactics and reviews crucial issues such as the extent of intelligence and surveillance failure on the Indian side and the measures necessary to redress these failings. Away from questions of strategy and tactics, however, Kargil is also a reminder of the unalloyed heroism that was on display during those grim weeks, heroism that become a benchmark for valour.
650			_aPakistan _aIndia _aMilitary relations _aIndia--Kargil
942			_cBK
999			_c62157 _d62157