By Theme

Wars

1962, 1965 and Siachen: three campaigns, one continuous argument about how India's frontiers were tested, and how honestly that story has been told.

The works

A Reading Path

New to 1962

Start with the war itself, then walk the ground it was fought on and the two conflicts it shaped.

  1. Step 11962: The War That Wasn'tThe anchor: it covers both the Eastern and Western theatres and draws on British, Tibetan, Chinese and Indian records.
  2. Step 2The Northeast TrilogyThe eastern ground: its second volume covers the Great Himalayan Wall between India and Tibet, which ends in Arunachal.
  3. Step 3The Long Road to SiachenThe western ground: Kashmir and Ladakh traced back 200 years to a Great Game involving Tibet and China.
  4. Step 41965: A Western SunriseFought while India was still recovering from 1962, and shaped by what Pakistan expected after it.

A suggested order, drawn from the books’ own jackets.