However, in this comprehensive essay, the brigadier gave a detailed account of why and how the jawan should be absolved of any misgivings. Under normal workings, if there was a truth to it, that the defeat was largely due to the performance of the jawan, making them responsible would not have been unfair. Several people in the chain of command of Indian Army and the political brass have put the blame squarely upon the shoulders of this brigadier who was leading the war (albeit a short one) from the forefront. And, looks like the same happened in the aftermath of the acrimonious defeat of India in the 1962’s Sino-Indian war. Unlike that of a victory, the responsibility of a defeat is generally passed over to various people by each one who took part in the act. It seems to have been born out of the deep anguish of the man who was charged to perform the unthinkable with the most meager resources allotted to him. The motive of the book seemed to be pretty clear from the preface itself. This book was written by Brigadier John Parusharam Dalvi, the commander of the ill-fated 7th Indian Infantry Brigade, Indian Army.
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