Table of Contents

Introduction Acknowledgement Preface Strategic Culture Armed Forces Independent India's Military Operations Defence Spending and Force Structure The Future Index Postscript

About the Author

JASWANT SINGH is Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission, in the Indian cabinet, and a leading member of the Bharatiya Janata Party. In the course of an illustrious parliamentary career, he has held various important appointments. These include key parliamentary committees, as Deputy Leader of the Opposition on two occasions, and as the Finance Minister of India. He is the author of National Security; An Outline of our Concerns and Shaurya Tejo.