The Kaoboys & R&AW: Down Memory Lane

Type

Book

Authors

B. Raman

ISBN 10

097961743X

ISBN 13

9780979617430

Tags

India & South Asia, Memoirs, India, Intelligence & Espionage, Historical, Asian, Terrorism, National & International Security

Description

This book deals largely with those aspects of the working of the Research and Analysis Wing (R & AW), of which the author had personal knowledge while serving in the organization for 26 years. The book traverses through India's contemporary history-most importantly the 1971 war; insurgency in the Northeast, Punjab, and Kashmir; the Emergency; the war in Afghanistan; and the intelligence imperatives and dispensation under Indira Gandhi, Morarji Desai, Rajiv Gandhi, V.P. Singh, Chandra Shekhar, and Narasimha Rao. Written with the purpose that a knowledge of the role played by R&AW in those events would possibly enable a better understanding of its strengths and weaknesses, it painstakingly avoids over-statements, exaggerations and spins. - from Amzon

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