Although South Asia has experienced large-scale conventional warfare on several
occasions since the end of World War II, there is an almost total neglect of
analysis of conventional warfare in the Indian subcontinent. Focusing on China,
India and Pakistan, this volume takes a unique approach. Regional rivalries
between India and Pakistan are linked with global rivalries between the USA and
USSR (later Russia) and then China, and war is defined in a broader perspective.
Gates and Roy analyze the conduct of land, sea and air warfare, as well as the
causes and consequences of conflicts. Tactical conduct of warfare (the nature of
mobile armoured strikes and static