1st Edition

India and Counterinsurgency Lessons Learned

Edited By Sumit Ganguly, David P. Fidler Copyright 2009
272 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

272 Pages 4 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This edited volume focuses on India's experiences waging counterinsurgency campaigns since its independence in 1947. Filling a clear gap in the literature, the book traces and assess the origins, evolution and current state of India's counterinsurgency strategies and capabilities, focusing on key counterinsurgency campaigns waged by India within and outside its territory. It also analyzes the... Read more

1. Introduction - Sumit Ganguly and David P. Fidler Part I. India’s Counterinsurgency Campaigns In The Northeast 2. India’s Counterinsurgency Campaign in Nagaland - D. B. Shekatkar 3. India’s Counterinsurgency Campaign in Mizoram - Vivek Chadha 4. Insights from the Northeast: Counterinsurgency in Nagaland and Mizoram - Walter C. Ladwig III Part II. Kashmir, Punjab, And The Naxalites 5. Insurgency, Proxy War, and Terrorism in Kashmir - V. G. Patankar 6. Slow Learning: Lessons from India’s Counterinsurgency Operations in Kashmir - Sumit Ganguly 7. India’s Counterinsurgency Campaign in Punjab - Ved Marwah 8. Lessons from India’s Experience in the Punjab, 1978-1993 - C. Christine Fair 9. Counterinsurgency Against Naxalites in India - Jennifer L. Oetken Part III. Beyond India’s Shores: Counterinsurgency In Sri Lanka 10. India’s Counterinsurgency Campaign in Sri Lanka - Ashok K. Mehta 11. The Indian Peacekeeping Force Experience and U.S. Stability Operations in the Twenty-First Century - John H. Gill and David W. Lamm Part IV. Counterinsurgency Doctrine 12. The Indian Army’s Counterinsurgency Doctrine - Dipankar Banerjee 13. The Indian Doctrine on Sub-Conventional Operations: Reflections from a U.S. Counterinsurgency Perspective - David P. Fidler 14. Conclusion - Sumit Ganguly and David P. Fidler 

 

 

Biography

Sumit Ganguly is Professor of Political Science, the Director of Research of the Center on American and Global Security and holds the Rabindranath Tagore Chair in Indian Cultures and Civilizations at Indiana University.

David P. Fidler is Calamaras Professor of Law and Director of the Center on American and Global Security at Indiana University.

'This useful and thought-provoking book fills an important gap. India’s experience is little known and even less understood – not just in Europe and North America but, as a couple of the essays collected here make clear, even in India.'
Teresita C. Schaffer, Survival