| ID | 091489 |
| Title Proper | India's counter-insurgency experience |
| Other Title Information | the trust and nurture strategy |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Goswami, Namrata |
| Publication | 2009. |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The Indian Army, a force trained primarily for conventional warfare, has been engaged in internal counter-insurgency operations since the 1950s. Despite such a long innings on a counter-insurgency mode, little attention has been accorded within military circles to doctrinal innovation for waging sub-conventional warfare in India's democratic political context. At best, the Army continues to view counter-insurgency duty as secondary to its primary duty of defending India from external conventional threats. By conceptualizing a counter-insurgency strategy of 'trust and nurture', this article aims to fill this critical doctrinal gap in India's military policy. The author argues that a counter-insurgency strategy of 'trust and nurture' based on democratic political culture, measured military methods, special counter-insurgency forces, local social and cultural awareness and an integrative nation-building approach will result in positive handling of India's internal security problems. The author utilizes India's counter-insurgency experiences in Assam, Mizoram, Nagaland, Punjab, and Operation 'Sadhbhavana' in Jammu and Kashmir as illustrative empirical indicants in order to validate the 'trust and nurture' strategy. |
| `In' analytical Note | Small Wars and Insurgencies Vol. 20, No. 1; Mar 2009: p.66 - 86 |
| Journal Source | Small Wars and Insurgencies Vol. 20, No. 1; Mar 2009: p.66 - 86 |
| Key Words | Indian Army ; Insurgency ; Naga ; Counter-Insurgency ; Doctrinal ; Paramilitary ; Trust ; Nurture ; Attrition ; Military ; Guerrilla ; Special Forces ; Strategy ; Democratic ; Culture ; Mizoram ; Nagaland ; Assam ; Punjab |