I am sure most politicians, bureaucrats, military officers, students of military history and the intelligentsia have read Himalayan Blunder – but – if you have not read the book – or even of you have read it – it would be worthwhile to read the book carefully once again – to draw parallels between what happened in 1962 – and what is happening now – and learn lessons – so that similar mistakes are not repeated again – and we do not have another “Himalayan Blunder” in the making. That is why I feel that “Himalayan Blunder” is a “must read” for the “powers-that-be” – Political, Civil and Military. Those who do not learn from history are condemned to repeat it. Is history going to repeat itself after 58 years.? “Are we heading for another Himalayan Blunder.?” Whenever I start reading Himalayan Blunder, leafing through the pages of the book, I am filled with a sense of déjà vu.Īnd as I read on further, drawing parallels between what was written in the book and the intriguing happenings of recent times, I wonder to myself:
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