This topic comes up a lot and there are many (contradictory) nationalist myths about who did and did not collaborate with the British during their rule in India. Major Amin has a short podcast about this topic that is worth listening to: India was conquered by the East India Company using (mostly) the Bengal army, … Continue reading Collaboration and Loyalty in British India
This is Major Amin’s review of “Limited War in South Asia” In 2018 when I saw this book by Kaushik Roy I was surprised since to my mind Kaushik Roy does very well with archives and records but is not a real military historian who understands hard core military matters. I therefore decided to procure … Continue reading Book Review: Limited War in South Asia
Another BP Podcast is up. You can listen on Libsyn, iTunes and Stitcher. Probably the easiest way to keep up the podcast since we don’t have a regular schedule is to subscribe at one of the links above. You can also support the podcast as a patron (the primary benefit now is that you get the podcasts considerably earlier than everyone else…). Would … Continue reading BrownCast Podcast episode 18: India and Pakistan; Confrontation in the Subcontinent
Major Amin sent in an old article of his from 2013 (posted below). I think Indian and Pakistan CAN make peace, but not yet… Anyway, you can read Major Amin’s more pessimistic take here.. Can India and Pakistan make Peace – Agha.H.Amin , Major (r) (from 2013) The recent sudden angelic desire on part of … Continue reading Can India and Pakistan Make Peace?
Review from Major Amin: Directorate S –The CIA and Americas Secret Wars in Afghanistan and Pakistan, 2001-2016-Steve Coll -Allen Lane- Penguin Books-2018-ISBN-978-1-846-14660-2 ISBN-13: 978-1987659184 ISBN-10: 198765918X A leading US-Israeli Intelligence analyst and operator recently summed up pathetic state of US intelligence operators in Pakistan as following:– “ They are afraid of their own shadows” As great powers … Continue reading Review: Directorate S
Another BP Podcast is up. You can listen on Libsyn, iTunes and Stitcher. Probably the easiest way to keep up the podcast since we don’t have a regular schedule is to subscribe at one of the links above. You can also support the podcast as a patron (the primary benefit now is that you get the podcasts considerably earlier than everyone else). If … Continue reading BrownCast Podcast episode 13: The British Indian Army
Review of General Rao Farman Ali’s book by Major Amin HOW PAKISTAN GOT DIVIDED-RAO FARMAN ALI KHAN -298 PAGES – OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS-PAKISTAN –ISBN NUMBER 978-0-19-940698-2- YEAR OF PUBLICATION -2017 Reviewed by Major Agha H Amin (Retired) This is yet another disappointing book in the genre that Pakistani writers write to rationalize the separation of … Continue reading How Pakistan Got Divided
Major Amin’s interview of Pakistan Air Force veteran Cecil Choudhry and Honorary Major Gen Hidayat Niazi CECIL WAS EXTREMELY BITTER IN RECOLLECTIONS OF ANWAR SHAMIM WHEN THIS SCRIBE INTERVIEWED HIM AS ASSISTANT EDITOR DEFENCE JOURNAL- GRATEFUL THAT THE INTERVIEW WAS PUBLISHED WITHOUT ANY EDITING BY THE JOURNALS OWNER MR IKRAM SEHGAL— THIS SCRIBE INTERVIEWED CECIL … Continue reading Interview: Cecil Choudhry and MG Hidayat Niazi
Ordered to Die: A History of the Ottoman Army in the First World War (Contributions in Military Studies) Hardcover – November 30, 2000 by Edward J. Erickson (Author) Quick review by Major Amin This is a very interesting, must read book. The Ottoman Army was not logistically equipped to fight the huge battles that it … Continue reading Ordered to Die; A History of the Ottoman Army in WWI
Brigadier Simon Saraf wrote a piece on the Afghanistan “peace” process that reflects the Paknationalist viewpoint. Major Amin has added his comments to it. (Major Amin’s comments are bolded). Major Amin is a military history aficionado who has decades of on the ground experience in Afghanistan. The last hurdle to Afghan peace https://nation.com.pk/02-Feb-2019/the-last-hurdle-to-afghan-peace Taliban and … Continue reading The Last Hurdle to Afghan Peace