The announcement of the ceasefire could be an acknowledgement that NSA Doval’s strategy to allow security agencies to be proactive in Kashmir may have failed.
General MM Naravane’s memoir—Four Stars of Destiny—reveals that he was left hanging by political leadership for more than two hours as Chinese tanks drove towards Indian positions.
The key to fighting a war successfully, or even launching it, is a clear objective. That’s an entirely political call. It isn’t emotional or purely military.
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