Vij Books India Pvt Ltd: 131 books
The Unrecognised Peril
Threats to Environmental Security
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2014
Acknowledging the importance of non traditional security in the wider debate, this book looks at one significant aspect namely, environmental security. The book discusses different issues of theoretical and practical import through various chapters that deal with the general need for study on human...
Global Nuclear Disarmament
Geopolitical Necessities
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2012
The DPG was chosen as a research institution to assist in the deliberations of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament, constituted by the Australian and Japanese governments. The support of the NTI to DPG's efforts has been immense and definitive. The first decade...
Child Soldiers
Practice, Law and Remedies
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2018
As many as fifty non-state armed groups (NSAGs) in countries such as Afghanistan, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, India, Iraq, Israel, Palestine, Libya, Mali, Pakistan, the Philippines, Somalia, South Sudan, Syria, Thailand and Yemen are engaged in the recruitment and use of children in...
Dragon De-mystified
Understanding People's Republic of China
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2018
This book covers issues on China, its strategic issues and its effect on India. With a total of nineteen articles, this book covers issues like Economy of China, CPEC, China's Energy Diplomacy, Military Reforms, Military Strategy, One Belt One Road and Shanghai Cooperation Organisation.
Human Rights in the Indian Armed Forces
An Analysis of Article 33
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2019
"The military plays an important role in nation-building and national security. Notwithstanding special requirements of military life, the members of the armed forces should enjoy the rights guaranteed in the Constitution and other relevant international human rights treaties which India has...
Strategic Ladakh
A Historical Narrative 1951-53 and a Military Perspective
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2016
This book is essentially an observation of Ladakh in the early nineteen fifties, after tracing its social evolution from ancient times. The author gives first hand account of his interactions with the local lamas, the elders and the educated amongst the people to trace their roots and habits and culture....
by Nagender SP Bisht
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2015
China is modernizing her military very rapidly and as her economy strengthens, the pace of military modernization is going to touch higher trajectories. This modernization would impact and alter the existing strategic environment in the world. In the region the impact will be more profound and will...
by Dr. S S Bloeria
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2016
This book is about the individual achievements of a handful of officers of the state and, through their deeds, hardships and sacrifices, an attempt to portray the stirring tale of the rebuilding of the administrative edifice and police system of the state almost from the scratch. Putting the state...
From Indus to Independence
A Trek Through Indian History (Vol III The Disintegration of Empires)
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2016
This is the third volume in the Indian history series of books with the generic title, From Indus to Independence: A Trek Through Indian History. It takes up the narrative from the decline of Gupta power when the sub-continent was slipping into chaos, although the Vardhana dynasty stemmed the tide...
Boot, Hooves and Wheels
And the Social Dynamics behind South Asian Warfare
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2015
The books title has an apparent misnomer—boots were not used in early armies, at least as apparent from temple sculptures which depict bare-bodied and barefooted soldiers. But is it likely to have been true? Or social reasons led to suppression of footgear on temple walls? The book explores these...
Understanding Gandhi
A Mahatma in Making 1869-1914
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Neither an ode of adulation, nor an exercise in iconoclasm, this book on Gandhi gives praise where praise is due; and criticizes where criticism is warranted. The author treads in step with Gandhi as he reveals himself in his Experiments with Truth in an honest attempt to understand the Mahatma in...
Inside ISI
The Story and Involvement of the ISI, Afghan Jihad, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, 9/11, Osama Bin Laden, 26/11 and the Future of Al-Qaeda
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
The book is relevant to all those who wish to know why and how terrorism shifted from West Asia to South and Southeast Asia and Africa. This significant shift needs to be studied in depth for policy formulation and future strategy. The book will reveal that the so called Islamic Terrorism is traceable...
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Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
The Asia Pacific region is a dynamic but complex area where much of the history of the 21st Century will be scripted. Although the strategic and economic importance of the region continues to grow, challenges of reconciling national interests with regional and global interests continue. Security architectures...
by Col Akshaya Handa
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2014
Geography confers advantages and imposes restrictions on regions. Regional powers over the millennia, leverage the former and aim to overcome the latter to maximize their gains. Such behaviour has been more consistent than political or religious ideologies.This can be seen in turmoil in Pakistan despite...