Restoring normalcy’
The evolution of the Indian army's counterinsurgency doctrine
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12258200 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rajesh Rajagopalan (0000-0001-8288-0758, Research Fellow at the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses, New Delhi, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2000 |
| Volume | 11 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 44-68 |
| Publication date | 2000-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Small Wars and Insurgencies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0959-2318 • E-ISSN: 1743-9558 |
| Publisher | Routledge (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/09592310008423260 |
| OpenAlex | W2041349145 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 5 |
The Indian Army has a uniquely political approach to counterinsurgency that has had great success. This essay examines the development of this doctrine over the last five decades, and the political and operational factors that influenced its development. The most important of these factors was, and remains, the Army's positional‐war orientation, which puts great emphasis on the need to prepare for conventional war. Though the doctrine has undergone some evolution, such changes have been constrained by the positional‐war orientation
Doctrine · Military doctrine · Political economy · Political science · Politics · Sociology · Law · Military History and Strategy · Politics and Conflicts in Afghanistan, Pakistan, and Middle East · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2008 - 2024 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |