India's Neighbourhood: The Armies of South Asia

This book is an attempt to examine the role, relevance and status of the armies in the ever dynamic socio-political milieu of the countries in India`s South Asian neighbourhood. It is part of an ongoing endeavour by the area/country specialists at the South Asia Centre of the Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA) to further explore and understand the role of a key institution, the Army, in shaping the political destiny and defining the ideational evolution of the (nation-) states in India`s South Asian neighbourhood.