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KARGIL

THE INSIDE STORY

In praise of

Kargil: The Inside Story

[Harinder Baweja] exposes some shocking facts about Indias lack of battle preparedness. Written as a soldiers diary, Kargil: The Inside Story is based on confidential defence documents gleaned from Indian and Pakistani troops in addition to extensive interviews with Indian Army officers and men

[She] raises some difficult questions of Indias politicians and diplomats, pointing out that they should be concerned that a nuclear powered country is vulnerable to so many operational mistakes The author does not spare Indias scientific establishment either

BBC

A terse, accessible account of one of the darkest episodes in Indias history Written in the form of a soldiers journal, the book grimly recounts the story of the war and the extraordinary courage of the subalterns and officers, while documenting the colossal failure of the top military leadership, its intelligence and of the equipment made available. In short, Baweja is a true professional and this is a professionals book.

India Today

This is a minor coup where [Bawejas] book scores over others is the peek shes had into confidential military documents and After Action Reports. She recreates with clarity the panic, confusion and initial loss of morale after the deeply unsettling intrusions, inadequate and insufficient maps, ill-prepared troops, unclear orders, and yet the ceaseless demand for quick results that inevitably made soldiers resemble lambs to slaughter. Hard and painful words, these, but familiar for the Indian military now adept at being surprised and back footed by the fog of war.

Hindustan Times

This book is by the gutsy Harinder Baweja. She saw action on the snowbound mountain peaks on the Indian side of the Line of Control. She has some uncomfortable facts to reveal. Well before our prime minister was embracing his Pakistani counterpart in Lahore, Pakistani Army units were fortifying bunkers on Indian soil. For months our intelligence knew nothing about it. When the action began, our Chief of Staff was in Poland and when it heated up; our General in charge of operations was inaugurating a golf course in Srinagar.

Khushwant Singh

(in his column With Malice

Towards One and All)

A very readable and disturbing book. A Soldiers Diary provides the insider look at the war. The writer has been long associated with Kashmir and defence-related issues. She provides a unique insight into the war, having been given privileged access to After Action Reports, filed by commanding officers after every action.

Deccan Chronicle

To give a degree of credibility to her account, Baweja chooses the diary format to present her version of Operation Vijay. The diary reveals how the political leadership and the top brass in the Army had been caught napping and had very little clue about the situation. Days after they sent inadequately armed troops up the barren peaks to push back the few rats that have come in.

The Hindu

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To

The infantry soldiers and

my father who served in the

Indian Air Force

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