CONTENTS: Author's Note, Foreword, Introduction, PART I-HISTORY & GEOGRAPHY: Preamble, China, Tibet, Central Sector, Nepal, Sikkim, Bhutan, Ladakh, Aksai Chin, The Western Himalayas, Pir Panjal, Second Boundary Commission, Grand Trigonometric Survey, Mission To Kashgar, The Assam Himalayas, Afghanistan: Great Game and the Spies, Afghanistan-The First Campaign, Afghanistan-The Second Campaign, The Great Game, The Spies, The Simla Convention (1913-1914) & The McMahon line, The Simla Convention, The McMahon line, The Indian Army Officer during the Raj, The Army Command and Control System, The Korean War: Unlearnt Lessons, The In-Min Gun Attacks, Withdrawals-Kunuri and the Chosin Reservoir, Withdrawal from the Chosin Reservoir, The Soldier in the Snow, Fighting the Chinese, PART II-INDEPENDENCE: The Armed Forces in Independent India, Evolution of Policies, Tibet and China, The Panchsheel Agreement, Deciding The Indo-Tibetian Boundary, The Bangdung Fiasco, A Strange Affair: Conway and Cricket-Wallah, Aksai Chin, Surface Communication into Tibet, Nehru's Perceptions, Longju and After, The Nehru, Chou En-Lai Summit: Apr. 1960, THE PATH TO PERDITION: The Neglected Army, THE THINKING ACROSS THE HIMALAYAS:Peking's Perceptions, The Military Response, Epilogue, Acknowledgements, APPENDIX; A To X, About the Author.