{"product_id":"army-and-nation-9780674728806","title":"Army and Nation","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSteven I. Wilkinson explores how India has succeeded in keeping the military out of politics, when so many other countries have failed. He uncovers the command and control strategies, the careful ethnic balancing, and the political, foreign policy, and strategic decisions that have made the army safe for Indian democracy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhile Pakistan quickly slipped into a rhythm of juntas, India, with much the same colonial heritage, consolidated the world’s largest democracy. Why? Steven Wilkinson’s \u003ci\u003eArmy and Nation\u003c\/i\u003e offers a new answer to that old puzzle. It is a story of what happens when armies fail to reflect the societies they defend, as well as a meditation on Juvenal’s famous question \u003ci\u003equis custodiet ipsos custodes?\u003c\/i\u003e—who shall guard the guards? …Wilkinson’s book is an excellent guide to the world’s biggest democratic army. It is also a fine answer to Juvenal’s cautionary question. -- Shashank Joshi * Financial Times *\u003cbr\u003e[An] insightful book. -- John Waterbury * Foreign Affairs *\u003cbr\u003eA thorough, detailed, scholarly work and major contribution to studies of praetorianism. -- M. G. Roskin * Choice *\u003cbr\u003eThere has been nothing like \u003ci\u003eArmy and Nation\u003c\/i\u003e in the last forty years, which is astonishing given the importance of the army in India. Wilkinson details the ways in which India made many changes that prevent the kind of army actions we see in Pakistan, Bangladesh, and other states. There are many lessons here, both to help Indians better understand their own democracy, and for other nations. -- Stephen P. Cohen, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Indian Army: Its Contribution to the Development of a Nation\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eArmy and Nation\u003c\/i\u003e complements and, in many ways, surpasses other classic books on the Indian army. One of the signal contributions of the book is Wilkinson’s painstaking collection, collation, analysis, and presentation of quantitative information. Nothing remotely comparable exists. -- Srinath Raghavan, author of \u003ci\u003e1971: A Global History of the Creation of Bangladesh\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Harvard University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403606040919,"sku":"9780674728806","price":37.36,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/army-and-nation-9780674728806","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}