02-01-2004, 03:23 AM
I think this book should be discussed, especially since this is written by an Indian General.
Perhaps just a fiction ..!
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/artic...468003.cms
<b>Gen 'Paddy' checkmates Uncle Sam in his war novel
RAJAT PANDIT
TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 01, 2004 12:57:05 AM ]
NEW DELHI : Move over the Tom Clancys and the Humphrey Hawksleys of the world, Paddy is here with his guns blazing! Paddy who? "Paddy" as in General Sunderajan Padmanabhan: The man who led the country's 1.1 million-strong Army when India almost went to war with Pakistan after the December 2001 Parliament attack.
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In an unusual endeavour for a Service chief, Gen Padmanabhan, India 's 20th Army chief who retired in December 2002, has come out with a <b>work of fiction which paints a sensational war scenario in 2017. </b>
Service chiefs are not particularly known for their proclivity to write fiction. In recent memory, only the late Gen K Sundarji wrote a fictionalised account of an Indo-Pak nuclear war â Blind men of Hindoostan.
But "Paddy", who was part of the Cabinet Committee on Security meetings which contemplated an offensive against Pakistan after the Parliament attack, has gone further. <b>India takes on the global superpower, the US , in his book.
America , in the novel, gets into the war on the side of Pakistan after the latter contemplates the use of nukes following comprehensive degradation of its forces by the Indian forces. </b>
The book title, The writing on the wall: <b>India checkmates America 2017, is indication of how the futuristic war unfolds. The missiles launched by US carrier groups are destroyed by India 's "national missile shield". </b>
The Indian retaliation is swift: <b>"selective electro-magnetic pulse attacks" against Washington DC and the manufacturing facility for cruise missiles in Arizona .
That's not all. India carries out "cyber attacks" against New York and other commercial centres in the US "to plunge her administration, commerce and banking sectors into chaos". </b>
The attacks and counter-attacks continue, with <b>Russia and China aligning with a resilient India . The war finally ends after the UN intervenes. </b>
Incidentally, during the 2002 confrontation, Paddy had famously warned Pakistan of a "punishment so severe" that its "continuation in any form would be doubtful" if it dared to use a nuke against India .
Perhaps just a fiction ..!
http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/artic...468003.cms
<b>Gen 'Paddy' checkmates Uncle Sam in his war novel
RAJAT PANDIT
TIMES NEWS NETWORK[ SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 01, 2004 12:57:05 AM ]
NEW DELHI : Move over the Tom Clancys and the Humphrey Hawksleys of the world, Paddy is here with his guns blazing! Paddy who? "Paddy" as in General Sunderajan Padmanabhan: The man who led the country's 1.1 million-strong Army when India almost went to war with Pakistan after the December 2001 Parliament attack.
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In an unusual endeavour for a Service chief, Gen Padmanabhan, India 's 20th Army chief who retired in December 2002, has come out with a <b>work of fiction which paints a sensational war scenario in 2017. </b>
Service chiefs are not particularly known for their proclivity to write fiction. In recent memory, only the late Gen K Sundarji wrote a fictionalised account of an Indo-Pak nuclear war â Blind men of Hindoostan.
But "Paddy", who was part of the Cabinet Committee on Security meetings which contemplated an offensive against Pakistan after the Parliament attack, has gone further. <b>India takes on the global superpower, the US , in his book.
America , in the novel, gets into the war on the side of Pakistan after the latter contemplates the use of nukes following comprehensive degradation of its forces by the Indian forces. </b>
The book title, The writing on the wall: <b>India checkmates America 2017, is indication of how the futuristic war unfolds. The missiles launched by US carrier groups are destroyed by India 's "national missile shield". </b>
The Indian retaliation is swift: <b>"selective electro-magnetic pulse attacks" against Washington DC and the manufacturing facility for cruise missiles in Arizona .
That's not all. India carries out "cyber attacks" against New York and other commercial centres in the US "to plunge her administration, commerce and banking sectors into chaos". </b>
The attacks and counter-attacks continue, with <b>Russia and China aligning with a resilient India . The war finally ends after the UN intervenes. </b>
Incidentally, during the 2002 confrontation, Paddy had famously warned Pakistan of a "punishment so severe" that its "continuation in any form would be doubtful" if it dared to use a nuke against India .