CONTENTS: List of Maps and Photographs, Foreword, Acknowledgements, Introduction, Part I A NEVER-ENDING CONFLICT: 1. Kashmir 1947-99: A Cchronology, 2. A Government Obsessed: Pakistani Phobia over India, ANNEXURE A: General Pervez Musharraf: A Profile, ANNEXURE B: The Armies of India and Pakistan: Relative Strengths, Part II KARGIL: THE PRELUDGE: 3. Kargil: The Prelude, ANNEXURE A: Intelligence: A Need for Chage, ANNEXURE B: The Nuclear Illusion, Part III THE INDIAN RESPONSE: 4. The Indian Response, ANNEXURE A: The Build-Up of Artillery in the Kargil Sector, 5. The Enemy Evicted, ANNEXURE A: An Outline Chronology of the War, ANNEXURE B: Summary of Indian Casualties 3 May to August 1999, ANNEXURE C: An Assessment of Enemy Casualties, Part IV THE STORIES OF TEN BATTALIONS CITED BY THE COAS FOR DISTINGUISHED SERVICE: 6. 8th Battalion: The Sikh Regiment, ANNEXURE A: 8th Battalion The Sikh Regiment Gallantry Awards 21 June-8 July 1999, 7. 18th Battalion The Grenadier Regiment, ANNEXURE A: 18th Battalion the Grenadier Regiment Awards for Gallantry and Distinguished Service 15 May-22 July 1999, ANNEXURE B: 18th Battalion The Grenadier Regiment Casualties 15 May -22 July 1999, 8. 17th Battalion The Jat Regiment, ANNEXURE A: 17th Battalion The Jat Regiment Gallantry Awards 30 May -8 July 1999, ANNEXURE B: 17th Battalion The Jat Regiment Casualties 30 May-8 July 1999, 9. 18th Battalion The Garhwal Rifles: ANNEXURE A: 18th Battalion The Garhwal Rifles Gallantry Awards 28-30 June, 1999, 10. The Rajputana Rifles: ANNEXURE A: 2nd Battalion The Rajputana Rifles Gallantry Awards 13-28 June 1999, ANNEXURE B: 2nd Battalion The Rajputana Rifles Casualties 13-28 June 1999, 11. 13th Battalion The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles ANNEXURE A: 13th Battalion The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles Casualties 14 June-10 July 1999, ANNEXURFE B: 13th Battalion The Jammu and Kashmir Rifles Casualties 14 June-24 July 1999, 12. 2nd Battalion The Naga Regiment ANNEXURE A: 2nd Battalion The Naga Regiment Awards for Gallantry and Distinguished Service July 1999, 13. 1st Battalion The 11th Gurkha Rifles, 14. 1st Battalion The Bihar Regiment, ANNEXURE A: 1st Battalion The Bihar Regiment Awards for Gallantry and Distinguished Service 27 May-8 July 1999, ANNEXURE B: 1st Battalion The Bihar Regiment Casualties 29 May-8 July 1999, 15. 12th Battalion The Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry, ANNEXURE A: 12th Battalion The Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Awards for Gallantry and Distinguished Service, ANNEXURE B: 12th Battalion the Jammu and Kashmir Light Infantry Casualties 9 May-3 July 1999, Epilogue, Appendices I to IV, Index.