CONTENTS:-
PART I : THE YEARS OF CREDULITY AND NEGLIGENCE:
I. Introduction
II. The Annexation of Tibet and India's China Policy
III. The Uneasy Lull, 1950/55
IV. The Twilight Years, 1955/59
V. The Army Mans The Border, 1959/60
VI. Half-Hearted Preparations, 1961
PART II : THE FATEFUL YEAR -1962:
VII. The Defence of The McMahon Line - The Battle Zone; Strategy Unrelated to Means; Operation ONKAR; Wishful Thinking
VIII. The Line-Up On The Eve of Battle - 7th September 1962 - China Prepares for the Coup de Grace; China's Deception Plans; India Unprepared for War
PART III : "ON TO THE NAMKA CHU":
IX. China Crosses The McMahon Line - 8th September 1962
X The Trap is Baited
XI "Evict The Chinese"
XII. The Final Appreciation, 23rd/29th September 1962
PART IV : THE END OF MAKE-BELIEVE:
XIII. Nehru Takes Over - 2nd October 1962
XIV. A Soldier Uninhibited
XV. The Clash At Tseng long, 10th October 1962
PART V : THE BATTLE AT THE NAMKA CHU RIVER:
XVI. "Defend Your Present Positions"
XVII. Feverish Activity
XVIII. Occupation and Build-Up of Tsangle
XIX. The Blinkered Command
XX. The Vain Fight For Decisions
XXI. 7 Brigade Without Higher Leadership
XXII. The Ethics of Resigning a Field Command
XXIII. The Trap Is Set
XXIV. The Day of Reckoning, 20th October 1962
XXV. Captive of The Chinese Army
PART VI : THE REASON WHY:
XXVI. Faulty Higher Direction of War - The Ministry of Defence; The Chiefs of Staff Committee;
The Cabinet Secretariat (Military Wing); The Chief of Army Staff'; Army Headquarters; The Penalty for Hustling
XXVII. India's Defence Ministers from 1947 to 1962
EPILOGUE:
XXVIII. The Political and Economic Aftermath:
Appendix I. Letter from Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel to Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru on the implications of the Chinese occupation of Tibet
Appendix II. Author's Career and Credentials
SKETCHES:
Sketch I. Kameng Frontier Division of NEFA - the route from the Brahmaputra Valley to the McMahon Line
Sketch II. The Thagla Ridge-Namka Chu Valley Battle-zone and maintenance routes...
Sketch III. The Massive Chinese Assaults on 20th October 1962 against 7 Brigade
