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India's tryst with counterinsurgency

Two of American academia's most perceptive writers explore varied aspects of India's internal security and argue its counterinsurgency posture is calibrated depending upon the nature of insurgency

Internal Security in India: Violence, Order and the State
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Internal Security in India: Violence, Order and the State

Ajai Shukla
Internal Security in India: Violence, Order and the State
Editors: Amit Ahuja & Devesh Kapur
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Pages: 393
Price: $34.95
 
The Indian Army has expended more time and effort in fighting separatist insurgencies than any other contemporary army. It began with fighting Naga separatists in 1956 and then Mizo rebels for two decades, from 1966 to 1986. In 1971, even as it geared up for war with Pakistan, the army participated in a major operation against Maoist “Naxalite” rebels in eastern India. Having seen off Pakistan and liberated Bangladesh in 1971, the army tackled new insurgencies in the states of Manipur