Full Spectrum

The armed forces have played a key role in protecting India's sovereignty and raising its stature as a stable democracy and responsible regional power. Though the nation's soldiers sailors and airmen occupy a special place in people's hearts standard narratives of contemporary Indian history rarely cover the military dimension. In his first book India's Wars: A Military History 1947-1971 Arjun Subramaniam attempted to set this right by taking readers on a journey until the liberation of Bangladesh in 1971.

Full Spectrum: India's Wars 1972-2020 takes the story forward. It is a sweeping account of war and conflict in contemporary India over the past five decades. Covering every major operation that the armed forces have participated in - including the Kargil conflict of 1999 insurgencies in the north-east terrorism and proxy wars in Jammu and Kashmir separatist violence in Punjab the IPKF intervention in Sri Lanka and the continued stress along the LoC and LAC - it fuses the strategic operational tactical and human dimensions of war and conflict into a racy narrative that reflects their changing character in modern times.

As deeply researched and passionately written as the previous volume this is a befitting sequel that brings up to date a unique endeavour to offer a fresh take on independent India's history.