Author: W.S.R. HodsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 398
Book Description
Twelve Years of a Soldiers Life in India
Author: W.S.R. HodsonTwelve Years of a Soldier's Life in India
Author: William Stephen Raikes HodsonPublisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 446
Book Description
Leadership in the Indian Army
Author: V.K. SinghPublisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN: 935708360X
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 456
Book Description
Unlike traditional biographies of combat leaders, which focus primarily on military operations or regimental histories, in this book Major General V.K. Singh concentrates on personal accounts, anecdotes and reminiscences in order to highlight these leaders’ personalities, and to draw out the human face behind the military facade. Through the stories of these twelve military leaders, the book also throws new light on several historical events and the role of political leaders during India’s fight for independence and the partitioning of the subcontinent. He gives an overview of India’s military history after independence, including major operations, and describes many hitherto unknown or little-known incidents concerning smaller operations like Nathu La in 1967 and Goa in 1962. Written records tend to glorify the actions of battalions as well as individuals, Singh says, magnifying achievements while suppressing the mistakes and glossing over failures. Leadership in the Indian Army provides a truer picture of the strength of character and convictions of each of these leaders. A must-read for anyone interested in India’s military history.
Sahib: The British Soldier in India 1750–1914
Author: Richard HolmesPublisher: HarperCollins UK
ISBN: 0007370342
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 856
Book Description
Sahib is a magnificent history of the British soldier in India from Clive to the end of Empire, making full use of personal accounts from the soldiers who served in the jewel in Britain’s Imperial Crown.
The Indian Mutiny of 1857
Author: George Bruce MallesonPublisher:
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Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 486
Book Description
Soldiers of Empire
Author: Tarak BarkawiPublisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1107169585
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 341
Book Description
Barkawi re-imagines the study of war with imperial and multinational armies that fought in Asia in the Second World War.
Twelve Years of a Soldier's Life, from the Letters of Major W.T. Johnson ...
Author: William Thomas JohnsonPublisher:
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Category : Crimean War, 1853-1856
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
In the Line of Duty
Author: Lt Gen Harbakhsh SinghPublisher: Lancer Publishers LLC
ISBN: 193550178X
Category : Generals
Languages : en
Pages : 470
Book Description
Walking tall, literally, and figuratively, Lt Gen Harbakhsh Singh, VrC, was one of the most gallant and outstanding officers of the Indian Army. He was among the first batch of officers commissioned from the Indian Military Academy, Dehradun. His military career of nearly 35 years was acknowledged for his distinguished service of an exceptional order. He commanded the 1st Battalion the Sikh Regiment during operations in J&K in 1947-48; the historic battle of Shelatang was fought under his command; Battle of Tithwal won him the award of Vir Chakra. He had the rare distinction of having had combat experience in command of troops of or against many nationalities, at all levels of command from a platoon of 40 men to an Army Group consisting of 400,000 military personnel. Born on 1st October, 1913 he started his military career in a war zone in the North- West Frontier Province of erstwhile British India in 1935. He then participated in Allied operations in Malaya during World War II and was held as a prisoner-of-war by the Japanese. He attended Imperial Defence College, London in 1958. Thereafter he held almost all important and key command and staff appointments in Western Command, and in November 1964, took over as Army Commander. In 1962 during the Chinese invasion he was posted as the Corps Commander NEFA and later on in the Sikkim Sector. In 1965 as Army Commander Western Command, it was under his leadership and overall command of the Western Army both in J&K and the Punjab theatre that the Pakistani attacks were repulsed. He was honoured with both Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan in recognition of his meritorious services. This is a book about a soldier who had the courage of his convictions and was not afraid to use his judgement and face the consequences. He not only set a standard for himself to perform to the best of his ability but inspired others to do the same. The General has highlighted the shortfalls in strategic thinking on the part of a few military commanders during the J&K operations in 1947, Sino-Indian conflict of 1962 and Indo-Pak war in 1965. At the fag-end of his life he wrote his Magnum opus with the object of passing on his experiences to the younger generation of officers coming up to serve the country. The autobiography recounts all the details of the eventful life of a highly distinguished soldier.
Hodson of Hodson's Horse
Author: William Stephen Raikes HodsonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : India
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
India's Most Fearless 3
Author: Shiv AroorPublisher: Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN: 9354926703
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 310
Book Description
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