06-16-2007, 12:34 AM
<!--QuoteBegin-Viren+Mar 20 2007, 01:06 AM-->QUOTE(Viren @ Mar 20 2007, 01:06 AM)<!--QuoteEBegin-->Picked up a book lately Will the Iron Fence Save a Tree Hollowed by Termites? ; Defence Imperatives Beyond the Military by Arun Shourie. It's pretty decent book on defence and strategic security matters - which I didn't believe was Shourie's forte.
There's a extracts of the book on NDTV site and a review here
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This is a fantastic book. I completed three-fourths of this book. This book makes your blood boil and also depressed due to helplessness.
Here are my observations:
1) Even for an unknown person, it gives an idea of what is national security.
2) The most authoritative book ever written about Chinese threat.
3) Regarding Pakistan, atleast all those folks like me who hangs or BR and IF, it is like a revision exercise.
4) Most depressive for nationalist Indians.
5) Perfect compilation of open source resources to construct the case.
It is a must read.
There's a extracts of the book on NDTV site and a review here
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This is a fantastic book. I completed three-fourths of this book. This book makes your blood boil and also depressed due to helplessness.
Here are my observations:
1) Even for an unknown person, it gives an idea of what is national security.
2) The most authoritative book ever written about Chinese threat.
3) Regarding Pakistan, atleast all those folks like me who hangs or BR and IF, it is like a revision exercise.
4) Most depressive for nationalist Indians.
5) Perfect compilation of open source resources to construct the case.
It is a must read.