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My earlier was limited in scope of 62, 71 and Kargil. This tackles OP in larger scope. CDS is not the final authority in taking a decision. Nowhere has this power delegated on CDS, and remains with political leadership. Period. Let us seperate the apples and orages. Field formations take...

It is quite fashionable to level insinusations about civil and political administration vis-a-vis armed forces. The atmosphere in this regard iseady quite vitiated. For 62 debacle if political leadership is to blame, then military leadership cannot escape it. A COAS first resigning, then taking...

You have mentioned 1962, 71 and Kargil. In 62, the humiliating defeat was due to political failure COMBINED with collapse of military leadership in the FIELD. A 62 veteran was our NCC instructor and he narrated how miserable the leadership was. He claimed that troops shot their officers...