Table of contents;
1. Introduction;
2. The Indian Army: 1700s-1947;
3. Indian Civil-Military Relations: An Overview;
4. Indian Society and the Soldier: Will the Twain Ever Meet?;
5. India and the Changing Nature of War: Gradual Instrumentalism?
6. Military as an instrument of India's foreign policy: An Expanding Footprint;
7. India's Erratic Defence Diplomacy: In Need of a Booster Dose;
8. The Indian Army: Evolution in the Age of Nuclear Weapons and Terrorism;
9. Evolution of the Indian Navy: Towards a 'Maritime Awakening'?
10. Indian Air Force: Persuasive in Peace, Effective in War;
11. Evolution of Jointness in Indian Defence Forces: Stuck Between the Services;
12. Indian Army's flagship doctrines: Need for Strategic Guidance;
13. The Indian Navy's Doctrinal Evolution: Between Deterrence and Denial;
14. Doctrinal Evolution in the Indian Air Force: Towards a Strategic Future;
15. Changing Contours of Indian Defence Expenditure: Past as Prologue?
16. Defence Procurement in India: Challenges Abound;
17. Islamist Terrorism in India: A Hybrid Threat;
18. Bullet Holes in Village Walls: India's Nasality Challenge;
19. Insurgencies in India's Northeast: Rise, fall and the Rise?
20. The Evolution in India's National Security Apparatus: Persisting Structural Deficiencies; 21. The Indian Intelligence System: Meeting the Challenges of a New World;
22. The Indian Police: Need for Reinvention;
23. Para Military Forces and Central Armed Police Forces of India: Punching Below Their Capabilities;
24. Nuclear Weapons in India's Defence Policy: Achieving Conventional-Nuclear Synergy;
25. Space Security and Missile Defence: Towards Greater Pragmatism