This is a chapter from Major Amin’s history of the Sepoy Rebellion (“The Sepoy Rebellion Reinterpreted“). The formatting needs work, but I wanted to post it anyway just to give readers an idea of the kind of campaigning that took place in that region. For a quick overview of the entire rebellion, see here. CENTRAL … Continue reading 1857: The Central Indian Campaign
India’s wars by Air Vice Marshal Arjun Subramaniam is a history of the wars (external wars, not counter-insurgencies) fought by the Indian army from 1947 to 1971. It is a pretty good summary, but does have it’s weaknesses. The book starts with a bit of the “pre-history” of the Indian army. Interestingly Subramaniam chooses … Continue reading Book Review: India’s Wars. A Military History 1947-1971
Extracts from Major Amin’s history of the 1947-48 war. THE 1947-48 Kashmir War Major Agha Humayun Amin The war of lost opportunities History is made by those who seize fleeting opportunities in the critical time span in any particular situation and relentlessly execute their plans without second thoughts, subduing inner fears, overcoming procrastination and vacillation, and above … Continue reading 1947-48 Kashmir War
The following is a long extract from Major Amin’s book on the India-Pakistan wars. Other extracts will be posted later. Since this is a very long chapter, I have highlighed and italicized certain sections that the reader can jump to and get the basic story, without bothering with the details. Of course, anyone interested in … Continue reading Operation Grand Slam (1965 War)
The following review was written by Major Amin in 2008. Things have changed since then and the Russians and Chinese are now said to be on board with Pakistan’s Taliban plan. We will see. But as usual, an acerbic but well informed review from Major Amin.. 17 March, 2012 Crossed Swords-Shuja Nawaz Reviewed by Major … Continue reading Review of Crossed Swords; a History of the Pakistan Army
Comments from Dr Hamid Hussain on an article from Khalid Aziz (first posted at this site, Khalid Aziz original is here). Dr Hamid’s comments are in red. At the end is a comment from Major Amin (in fuchsia) and a couple of completely tangential comments from me (in green) (Omar Ali) From Dr Hamid Hussain: … Continue reading Afghanistan, and some hints from Machiavelli
The following are three notes about Major General Sahibzada Yaqub Khan, who passed away January 25th after a long and very eventful life. First and foremost is an article about him that was written a few years ago by Dr Hamid Hussain, a well known, extremely erudite and highly respected chronicler of the British Indian … Continue reading Sahibzada Yaqub Khan
What follows is Dr Hamid Hussain’s comments regarding General Javed Ashraf Qazi’s long letter about the role of the army in creating the current Jihadi mess. Hamid sahib’s comments are in red.The original is on Major Amin’s website. Dear Sir; Thanks for forwarding Lt. General Javed Ashraf Qazi’s bird’s eye view of ‘witch’s brew’ that is … Continue reading A Letter from Former ISI DG Javed Qazi (and comments from Dr Hussain)
Hot Off the Press: This isn’t a political endorsement; rather, it’s a reflection on an epoch-turning moment in history. Tl;dr: This is Trump’s America or rather more prosaically Trump has triumphed. 300 Electoral Seats and winning the popular vote by a margin of 5mm | Control of the Senate, House, Supreme Court & Majority of … Continue reading This is Trump’s America: An Unprecedented Electoral Sweep
Another Browncast is up. You can listen on Libsyn, Apple, Spotify (and a variety of other platforms). Probably the easiest way to keep up the podcast since we don’t have a regular schedule is to subscribe to one of the links above! In this episode I talk to Hussein Ibish, a resident scholar at the Arab Gulf States Insititute … Continue reading Browncast: Hussein Ibish on the War in the Middle East
