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In 1999, India and Pakistan found themselves locked in another armed conflict. Illustrated with over 100 photographs, maps, and colour artworks, Kargil 1999 offers a military perspective of the first confrontation of the declared nuclear powers of South Asia.

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This volume describes the circumstances of the creation of the Civil Air Transport company, a paramilitary airline owned by the CIA, its participation in the Chinese Civil War, and the story of its founder, General Claire Lee Chennault of the famed Flying Tigers.

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A detailed history of the Indian nuclear build-up and the first concise guide to the nuclear forces of India, including ground, air, and naval units.

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The first detailed account of the Indian military intervention in the Maldives in 1988, an operation prepared quickly and under immense pressure, but concluded successfully.

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The first authoritative account of the Indo-Pakistani War fought on the Siachen Glacier the highest battlefield in the world.

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Using a wide range of sources, this volume provides an in-depth account of military operations between 1987 and 1990 of the Sri Lankan War.

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Just three months after Indian forces withdrew from Sri Lanka, the war between the LTTE and the Sri Lankan government resumed. Illustrated with over 100 photographs, maps and colour profiles, Paradise Afire Volume 3 continues the story of the internal strife that plagued Sri Lanka in the late 20th Century.

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Relying on extensive studies of the Sri Lankan War with the help of first-hand sources, official documentation and publications from all of involved parties, this volume provides an in-depth and particularly detailed account of military operations during the first 16 years of this war.

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In 2005-2006, widespread public anger with Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra resulted in a crisis that formed the People's Alliance for Democracy (PAD, so-called 'Yellow Shirts').

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Sukhoi Su-25, a much underrated, subsonic, twin-engine ground attack aircraft designed to provide close air support for the Soviet Ground Forces, saw combat in numerous conflicts. This book covers its operational history during the Afghan War of the 1980s, from operational trials to all-out counter-insurgency operations.

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Soviet Military Aviation in Central Asia 1917-41 draws upon Russian-language written sources and photographic archives to tell the story of the inter-war use of air power in Soviet Central Asia and is illustrated with unique colour artworks showing the aircraft employed.

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After 27 years of conflict, it seemed that peace would finally settle on the Indochina Peninsula on 27 January 1973 with the signing of a peace accord in Paris. The North Vietnamese had previously launched their greatest offensive against South Vietnam, but fell short of their objectives: the destruction of the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN

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A detailed account, based heavily on Vietnamese sources, of the continuing efforts of North Vietnam to invade the South.

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For decades Pakistan has orchestrated a campaign of state-sponsored terrorism in India and elsewhere abroad. It bombed trains in Mumbai in 2006, conducted a series of outrageous attacks on the city in 2008, and has launched dozens of minor attacks on the Indian security services in Kahsmir and elsewhere.

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On 30 March 1972 the South Vietnamese positions along the Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) that separated the North from South Vietnam were suddenly shelled by hundreds of heavy guns and multiple rocket launchers.

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This book details CIA-supported paramilitary operations in Laos during the height of the conflict in that kingdom, from late 1969 through the conclusion of agency participation in 1974.

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A highly authoritative and richly illustrated account of the crucial conflict of the Indian Sub-continent, and the war during which Bangladesh was born as an independent state.

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Following the Japanese occupation of Manchuria, in 1931, Japan turned its interest to nearby Soviet territories. The result was a series of border incidents - starting with the Battle of Lake Khasan in 1938.

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This second volume is a detailed and unbiased study of the military, historical, and political circumstances of the 1969 Sino-Soviet border war.

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This book details the period of the Sino-Soviet Border Battles between March 1969 and August 1969. Forces were restored and battle-hardened, war plans formulated, and attitudes evolved.