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मनोहर पर्रिकर रक्षा अध्ययन एवं विश्लेषण संस्थान
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Journal of Defence Studies, Vol. 15, No. 4, October–December 2021
Contents
Editorial
Table of Content
Guest Editorial
Focus
India’s Politico-Military Strategy for the 1971 India–Pakistan War
– J.S. Cheema
Politics in Pakistan and the Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971
– Guru Saday Batabyal
Language, Culture and the Creation of Bangladesh
– Dorothy Deb
1971, the War as I Saw It
– Shamsher M. Chowdhury
Land Warfare in the Eastern Theatre: 1971 Indo-Pak War
– P.K. Chakravorty
The Battle of Garibpur
– Vijay Yeshvant Gidh
Eagle Unleashed: IAF Strategy and Operations
– Diptendu Choudhury
Sagat and Helicopters: True Pillars of Victory
– Rajesh Isser
Operational Aspects of the 1971 War in the Maritime Domain
– Srikant B. Kesnur, M. Doraibabu and Ashish Kale
The Protection of Sea Lines of Communication during 1971 War
– Somita Chakraborty
Planning and Impact of Special Operations during the 1971 Indo-Pak War
– Vinod Bhatia
The Mukti Bahini: Three Dimensional Guerillas
– Sandeep Unnithan
Role of the United States in the 1971 War: Implications for
India–US Relations
– Saroj Bishoyi
Did Pakistan Learn from its Bangladesh Experience?
– Ashok Behuria
Mistakes on Repeat Mode: Pakistan’s Civil–Military Debacle
– Karnika Jain
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