Digital
Available| Language | English |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10 | 9789390266425 |
| ISBN-13 | 9789390266425 |
| No of pages | 916 |
| Book Publisher | Become Shakespeare |
| Published Date | 21 Oct 2020 |
Brigadier (Retd) G B Reddy is the author of six books on National Security Affairs including Rising Dragon: China’s Holistic Security Strategic Perspective (2016); Democracy in Peril: Restructuring Systems or Second Republic (2013); Fight against Corruption and Leadership decay (2011); India’s Nuclear Technology Dilemma: Projections and Realities (2008); Nation in Crisis: Dimensions of National Security and Terrorism (2001); and, In Search of National Values: Withering Secularism, Democracy and Socialism (1993).
Whilst serving as Senior Visiting Fellow and Consultant at National Institute of Rural Development from 2000 to 2005, he authored the book “Building the Traditional with the Modern: Cost Effective Rural Housing Technologies (2005)”. Prolific writer- over 1000 articles - covering social, economic and political issues. Whilst serving in the Indian Army from 1959 to 1993, Reddy had participated in the 1962 India-China War in the North East Frontier Agency (Arunachal Pradesh), India-Pakistan War in Rann of Kutch 1965, Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971, and India Peace Keeping Force in Sri Lanka and Counter insurgency operations in Manipur, Nagaland, Assam, West Bengal, J & K and Punjab.
Reddy attended the 1970-1971 the program at the Command and Staff College, Kingston, Canada having qualified in “Competitive Vacancy” in the 1970 Staff College Entrance Examination that gave an opportunity to visit all important military institutions in Canada and USA including visit to THULE base – Northern most land mass towards North Pole.
Attended one-year National Defense College program and one-year Defense Management programs. Served on faculties of the Staff College, College of Combat and the Infantry School.
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In the burning of India, G B Reddy, based on cumulative knowledge gathered from National security domain experts of the past and the present and wide ranging world-wide personal exposures and experiences over the past 60-years on the, has made a bold attempt to present “hawk-eye” view of the seize of modern India by “multiple crises ad infinitum” with intent to provide “a holistic strategic perspective” through synthesize of “internal and external security challenges”. he attributes the present crises proliferation to the absence of “National security strategy” document even after 73-years of attaining independence and laying claims to repository of intellect par excellence.
The author has reviewed the failure to address “internal security strategic challenges” to include “societal vicious churning particularly demographic transitions”, distorted course of domestic politics in the name of democracy, crisis in National values, 24x365 elections, corruption as National security threat, crisis in leadership, judiciary, media and J & K as the root cause for paving the inevitable course for self-destruction - “collapse of the Constitution – The first Republic”. G B Reddy then maps the “external security challenges” from China, Pakistan and islamist radicalism.
Finally, G B Reddy posits that modern India might repent for failure to exploit opportunities available for forging and reinforcing strategic partnerships and alliances with USA, Russia and other friendly nations besides reviewing broad outline “economic and technology security” and imperatives of “modernization of security forces.”
by synthesizing thoughts and reflections extending over decades – from undergrad student of political science and history to National security strategy research scholar – G B Reddy has presented a “perspective” for the readers to understand the present political travails tormenting the nation and find means and ways to find appropriate solutions – need for the “second Republic” to meet the growing aspirations of 1350 millions of literate people vis a vis 340 million people of 1950s with 85% illiterate masses.