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August 11, 2022December 27, 2024

279: BOOK REVIEW: 1965 A WESTERN SUNRISE – INDIA’S WAR WITH PAKISTAN

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BOOK REVIEW:

1965 A WESTERN SUNRISE

INDIA’S WAR WITH PAKISTAN

By Shiv Kunal Verma

Review by: Air Marshal Anil Khosla (Retd) PVSM, AVSM, VM

Former Vice Chief of Air Staff, Indian Air Force.

The Indo-Pakistani war of 1965 was the second major war fought between the two countries after the partition in 1947. The war also called the “Second Kashmir War”, was a culmination of skirmishes that took place in the preceding months. The seventeen-day war (06 Sep – 22 Sep 65) caused thousands of casualties on both sides. The hostilities between the two countries ended after a ceasefire was declared through United Nations Security Council Resolution, following diplomatic intervention by the Soviet Union and the United States, and the subsequent issuance of the Tashkent declaration. India had the upper hand over Pakistan when the ceasefire was declared and the conflict was seen as a strategic and political defeat for Pakistan.

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September 10, 2021December 27, 2024

190: BOOK REVIEW: THE POLITICS OF SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTES

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BOOK REVIEW

THE POLITICS OF SOUTH CHINA SEA DISPUTES

By Nehginpao Kipgen

Review by: Air Marshal Anil Khosla (Retd) PVSM, AVSM, VM

The South China Sea is a semi-enclosed area measuring 3.6 million square kilometres in the Pacific Ocean. It spreads from Straits of Malacca and Karimata to Taiwan straits and is bordered in the north by China and Taiwan, the Philippines in the east, Brunei and Malaysia in the south, and Vietnam in the west. It contains numerous islands, rocks and reefs. Major ones being Spartley islands, Paracel islands, Pratas and Natuna islands and the Scarborough shoal. The area is believed to contain rich reserves of oil, natural gas, minerals and fishery stocks. The region is considered to be a centre of future economic growth in East Asia and is also sometimes called a “second Persian Gulf”. Major sea routes of shipping pass through this area. The strategic location and the abundant resources make it a subject of interest and concern for littoral states and the international community. The security issues around it always remain in focus and it is considered to be one of the flashpoints.

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June 16, 2021December 27, 2024