Table of Contents

The professional Indian officer; the Indian nationalist movement; the Indian national armies; the transfer of power; the first decade of independence; the Menon-Kaul Nexus; the Sino-Indian war; Indira Gandhi's emergency rule; operation Blue Star.

Promotional Information

India remains one of the exceptions in the developing world to the tensions which create a military coup d'etat. This is despite ethnic, religious, regional and economic challenges to the existing order. Kundu examines the consensus of purpose between Indian officers and their civil counterparts in the construction and maintenance of civil rule.

About the Author

Dr Apurba Kundu currently lectures on South Asian politics in the University of Bradford Department of Social & Economic Studies and serves as Managing Editor of 'Contemporary South Asia. This work is based on his doctoral research carried out at the London School of Economics.