Kw Publishers imprint: 104 books
Squaring the Circle: Mahatma Gandhi and the Jewish National Home
Mahatma Gandhi and the Jewish National Home
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
When it comes to Jews, Jewish nationalism and their aspirations in Palestine, even Mahatma Gandhi was not infallible. His abiding empathy for the Jews was negated by his limited understanding of Judaism and Jewish history. His perception of the Palestine issue and his support for the Arabs was rooted...
The 2010 Pakistan Floods: Environmental and Economic Impact
Environmental and Economic Impact
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Pakistan is a developing country of the Monsoon Asia with dense concentration of population in the plain areas of the Indus and other rivers. Due to its unique geographical setting, it is prone to various natural disasters including floods. There is a whole trail of death and destruction left behind...
Pakistan Army: Legislator, Judge and Executioner
Legislator, Judge and Executioner
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2016
Almost every state in the world has an army to protect it from external aggression, except in the case of Pakistan, where the relationship between the ‘state’ and the ‘army’ is in the reverse order. The Pakistan Army has the ‘state’. The army has governed the ‘state’ directly during...
by Major General P K Chakravorty
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2013
Warfare quintessentially comprises Firepower and Manoeuvre. Terrain and the nuclear overhang restrict manoeuvre in our theatre of operations.The constituents of Firepower are platforms with ammunition, which can deliver from five dimensions; Land, Air, Surface of the sea, below the surface of the...
Nuclear China: A Veiled Secret
A Veiled Secret
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2014
China has undergone a protracted stint in the nuclear domain from the time when Mao Zedong derided the bomb as a “paper tiger” in 1946, to the development of modern nuclear weapons and missiles, making it only obligatory to chronicle the policy changes within China that steered the leadership...
Resource Allocation and Management in Defence: Need for a Framework
Need for a Framework
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2013
The question that faces governments and militaries the world over is how best to allocate resources for management of defence in the new age. This book, by Shri A.K. Ghosh who has an economics background, explores the framework for change in resource allocation and capability building. It emphasises...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
The revival of major world power rivalry is a striking feature of the current international affairs. In the year gone by, Europe, supported by the US, vied with Russia for influence in Ukraine–a race that led to the annexation of Crimea by Russia and a pro-Russian insurgency in that region. In Asia,...
Indian Aircraft Industry: Possible Invention for Success in the Twenty First Century
Possible Invention for Success in the Twenty First Century
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2017
India’s Aircraft Industry, despite having been formed as early as in December 1940 has been unable to meet the equipment needs of the aviation users, whether military or civil, in the country. As a consequence India imports all its aircraft needs from abroad. This situation needs to change. This...
Whither Indian Ocean Maritime Order? Contributions to a Seminar on Narendra Modi's SAGAR Speech
Contributions to a Seminar on Narendra Modi's SAGAR Speech
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2017
Prime Minister Modi articulated his vision for the future of the Indian Ocean region when he presented the Offshore Patrol Vessel Barracuda to the Mauritian Coast Guard on March 12, 2015, at Port Louis. Such authoritative statement on Indian Ocean by an Indian leader has not been made for a long time....
by Ms Jasjit Mansingh
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
A brilliantly crafted narrative of 3 generations deftly weaving the history of a people, their religious beliefs and philosophies, personal pathos and general human follies and foibles into an intricate tapestry of an enduring message: Life and death are both to be enjoyed in detached mindfulnes.
Indian Air Force: The Case for Indigenisation
The Case for Indigenisation
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
Just think: the last combat aircraft designed by the 74-year old HAL (Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd) with its expansive infrastructure was in the 1950s – and it was an excellent aircraft. Thirty years later an ad-hoc, interim institution called ADA (Aeronautics Development Agency) was set to design...
China’s India War, 1962: Looking Back to See the Future
Looking Back to See the Future
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2013
A potential competition exists between India and China, and there is also no doubt that China started the war. Highlighting the mistakes made by India rather than empirically analysing the available data can be regarded as the primary causes for the confusion that exists today. Though complete details...
The Rise of Indian Military Power: Evolution of an Indian Strategic Culture
Evolution of an Indian Strategic Culture
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2015
This is a monumental & epic work on India’s Military History. It seeks to answer the seminal question – ‘Is there an Indian Way of War-fighting and an Indian Strategic Culture?’ The author has traced the history of war-fighting in India from the Vedic & Mahabharatan period to the Mauryan...
by Ms Bilkees I Latif
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2013
The Ladder of his Life is about Air Chief Marshal Idris Latif and his varied experiences as a fighter pilot, as Chief of the Indian Air Force, Governor of Maharashtra and Ambassador to France He is a scion of a family from which several members left eminent positions to devote their lives to follow...