sanjeev nayyar: read about Indo China War of 1962 by D R Mankekar

oct 22nd, 2009

those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it.

-- george santayana

history repeats itself, once as tragedy, next as farce.

-- karl marx

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From: Sanjeev Nayyar

Namaskar Mitra,

Now that things are hotting up on the India China front it might be useful to read what is widely considered amongst the better books on the 1962 war. It is called Guilty Men of 1962 by D.R.Mankekar.

Have done a precis of the book and uploaded on esamskriti. http://www.esamskriti.com/essay-chapters/Indo-Chinese-war-of-1962-1.aspx.

Chapters are:

 

1. Offering the other cheek.
2. The Mapmanship phase.
3. The nub of the problem.
4. The die is cast.
5. The phoney war ends.
6. Disgrace abounding.
7. The tragedy reaches climax.
8. Tragedy reaches climax.
9. The Method in madness.
10. The Great Illusion.
11. A Dynamic Minister.
12. Service Chiefs nightmare.
13. A can't do it Army headquarter.
14. Among the Guilty.
15. Summing Up.
16. Chinese Strategy.
17. Lessons for India.
18. How does India deal with China?

This was written in 1999 and to some extent views expressed in chapters 16,17,18 could be dated.

With Prem

Sanjeev Nayyar
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