Manthan: Multifaceted Reflections on the Indian Armed Forces by Vk. Shrivastava

Author:Vk. Shrivastava [Shrivastava, Vk.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Public Policy, Military, Political Science, Military Policy, History, General
ISBN: 9789390439126
Google: XvJHzgEACAAJ
Publisher: Vij Books India Pvt Limited
Published: 2021-01-15T11:06:19+00:00

Endnotes

1. The other two being the Mesopotamian and the Egyptian civilizations.

2. Chandragupta Maurya defeated Seleucus Nicator when he attempted to attack India after Alexander’s death. However, an alliance was forged when Seleucus proposed the marriage of his daughter Helen [also known as Cornelia] to Chandragupta. Seleucus also sent Megasthenes as his ambassador to the court of Chandragupta.

3. An army composed of infantry, cavalry, chariots and elephants.

4. J N Dixit, Across Borders: Fifty Years of India’s Foreign Policy, Thomson Press (India) Limited, New Delhi, 1998, pp 8.

5. A decorated US combat veteran of WW-II who later joined the RAND Corporation.

6. Kanti P Bajpai, Amitabh Mattoo (Ed), Securing India: Strategic Thought and Practice, Manohar Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, India, 1996, pp 205.

7. For full text see https://fas.org/irp/agency/dod/dtra/india.pdf, pp 3.

8. See Note 4, pp 20.

9. Major General Ashok Krishna, AVSM, India’s Armed Forces, Fifty Years of War and Peace, Lancer Publishers and Distributors, New Delhi, pp 144.

10. It may be noted that Tajikistan shares boundaries with China and Pakistan among others and its southern border is just 20 km to the north of POK.

11. Many, but not China, congratulate India for victory in UNSC election, Times of India, Delhi edition, June, 2020, pp 12.

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