Defence without deterrence: India’s strategy in the 1965 war

Tarapore, Arzan

doi:10.1080/01402390.2019.1668274

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“…In reply to the questions of some members, Shastri ominously added that ‘force will be met with force’. 30 A day earlier, on 13 August, he had ‘authorised troops to cross the CFL in Kashmir’ (Tarapore, 2019, p. 9). By late-August, the situation in Kashmir had deteriorated.…”

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“…‘destroying’ Pakistani offensive and ‘defeating’ it in Kashmir by ‘occupying Pakistan territory necessary to achieve’ this. This was decided by Shastri, Chavan and the ‘military service chiefs on 3 September’ (Tarapore, 2019, p. 11). Shastri, who was then and has been since hailed for this decision, was quick to dampen down any ‘hopes of an easy victory’ and was prepared for a ‘prolonged affair’.…”

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“…The scene now shifted to a diplomatic battle and this was to be played out in the USSR, and not at the UNSC, where India had taken to boycotting the sittings, given Pakistan’s persistence in having discussions on Kashmir. 39 Both the countries were now on ‘the road to Tashkent’ (Bajwa, 2013), where they agreed to ‘non-use of force, adherence to the CFL and non-interference in each other’s internal affairs’ (Tarapore, 2019, p. 19).…”

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This article throws light on Lord Mountbatten's enduring involvement in India after 1964, an overlooked feature of his later life. On a number of issues such as the abolition of titles, privileges and privy purses of Indian Princes (1967-71), imposition of Emergency in India (1975), arms sales, expulsion of BBC (1970-72) and evolution of history-writing on Partition, this article evaluates his changing role as a 'friend of India' in Britain, while becoming an irksome interlocutor for both the British and Indian 'official mind'. This draining of Mountbatten's influence, though not involvement, through the 1970s, represented an inter-generational dilation of Indo-British relations.

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Defence without deterrence: India’s strategy in the 1965 war

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