Vij Books India Pty Ltd imprint: 102 books
Baptism Under Fire
Anti Aircraft Artillery in India Pakistan War 1965
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
The Second India Pakistan War of 1965 ended in a clear victory for India not only thwarted Pakistan’s designs of annexing Kashmir but annexed large tract of Pakistani territory and inflicted heavy damage on Pakistani War machine. If there was one aspect in which Pakistan redeemed itself, it was...
Sub-regional Cooperation in South Asia
India, Sri Lanka and Maldives
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2017
This book explains the emergence of sub-regional cooperation mechanism in the maritime domain in South Asia. It deals with the trilateral cooperation of India, Sri Lanka and Maldives as they share common maritime connectivity. This book also analyses political, economic, cultural and security relationship...
Armed Forces Special Power Act
A Draconian Law?
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2015
The Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) has become one of the most controversial laws, both in India and the world. A few NGOs and human rights activists have described it as draconian, alleging that it gives the armed forces unrestricted power to ‘arrest’ without warrant, ‘destroy property’...
From Indus to Independence
A Trek Through Indian History (Vol I Prehistory to the Fall of the Mauryas)
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
This is the first volume in a series of books that covers Indian history from the earliest times to August 1947, when India achieved independence from foreign rule. This volume covers the prehistoric antecedents before the Indus Valley Civilisation and gives a vivid account of the developments that...
Transformation of the Indian Armed Forces 2025
Enhancing India's Defence
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Transformation should lie at the heart of our new approach to defense. The development of transformational capabilities, processes, and force structures should be given strategic focus to meet the principal challenges under our defense strategy. India is already ceased with the necessity of transformation...
Policy Choices in Internal Conflicts
Governing Systems and Outcomes
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2013
In the course of the research project Internal Conflicts and Transnational Consequences, the CSA has published eleven volumes. These books cover three internal conflicts in India and those in Nepal, Myanmar and Sri Lanka. Each of the conflict was studied in detail with the help of experts from different...
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Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
There is a wide spread perception amongst the intelligentsia that India lacks strategic culture. In our view, the deficiency if any perhaps lies in our reluctance to articulate our perceptions on strategic issues, as also to formulate a long term strategic view. As the oldest think tank in Asia, we...
Soldier Mountaineer
The Colonel who got Siachen Glacier for India
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
In the annals of Indian Mountaineering Colonel Narinder Kumar, affectionately called ‘Bull’ by his friends due to his physical prowess, has played a highly significant role. Without him the history of Indian mountaineering would have been quite different. The author Colonel N N Bhatia along with...
India - Uzbekistan Partnership in Regional Peace and Stability
Challenges and Prospects
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2018
The book is a comprehensive assessment of Indo Uzbek partnership for regional peace and stability covering the historical background of the relationship, the current trends, areas of contention and cooperation, the challenges, prospects and implication. The authors, all established specialists, examine...
Possibility of a Nuclear War in Asia
An Indian Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
This book attempts to fuse two topical subjects and deal with them in a holistic manner. It is oft said and is also widely believed that the 21st century belongs to Asia and that the two giants of Asia, namely, China and India are going to dominate the world in the ensuing decades. It is also implicitly...
Regional Resurgence in Africa
Prospects and Challenges of African Union
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2017
Regional Resurgence in Africa: Prospects and Challenges of African Union perceives the AU as a Pan-African entity with its mandate for 'comprehensive security' in the continent, implying its pursuit of three security objectives: resolution of armed conflicts, political stability and economic security....
by J Francis
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
The book gives account of 20 important battles fought by the Indian Army under British Rule from 1898 till 1945 and presenting them in this Book as short stories. The book starts with the North Western Frontiers of India where an incomparable battle was fought. Then it takes the readers through Western...
EMPLOYEMENT OF SPECIAL FORCES
CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE FUTURE
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2012
Special Forces and Special Operations offer an option for providing an asymmetric response across the entire spectrum of conflict. An asymmetric response does not automatically imply a physical attack; in most cases, direct action should be only the extreme response. Special Forces are meant to achieve...
From Indus to Independence
A Trek Through Indian History (Vol II The Classical Age)
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
This is the second volume of the Indian history series, From Indus to Independence. This volume covers the period considered the Classical Age to around 600 A.D. It was during this period that the Imperial Gupta dynasty created what can only be described as a Golden Age. The volume also investigates...