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What do Naxal terrorists have in common with Somali pirates?What man-made event triggers more refugees than all wars put together?How do terrorist movements end? And how can you help? Everyman's War is a collection of insightful essays that describe our participatory role in securing ourselves and our progeny. Defence, internal security, and terrorism are important yet closely guarded issues. Even as outrage over safety of women and rising terror take centrestage, there continues to be limited access to information on the subjects of national defence and security-especially in a language that a layman can understand. Raghu Raman, an expert on security and terrorism, presents issues of defence, strategy and national security in an engaging narrative, with historical and contemporary examples. He recalibrates the great 'India rising' story with its real and present dangers and the role of a regular citizen in this everyman's war.

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Terrorism

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Publié par	Random House Publishers India Pvt. Ltd.
Date de parution	23 juillet 2013
Nombre de lectures	0
EAN13	9788184004557
Langue	English

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Everyman s War sensitizes us to the importance of national security and its various facets. It lends a balanced and definite view of India s inclination towards reacting soft to aggression and war. Raman sets the standards high with his riveting essays. A book that challenges a reader s thought-process about war, its causes, and its consequences.
N.R. Narayana Murthy Executive Chairman Infosys
Raghu Raman s book Everyman s War lucidly captures the underlying issues that impact internal security and reflects his deep domain knowledge and expertise that spans across decades spent in the India Defence Services, Corporate India, and as a senior officer in the Government. His knowledge and experience equips him to take the reader right up close to short term threats and issues, and then pulls back for a long term perspective on the root causes of possible instability in the country. His ability to identify the diverse threats that we face as a nation and draw parallels from global strategies makes for compelling reading both for the chance reader and those who have been long steeped in the system. The rules of the game of internal security are continuously changing and our response must build on what history teaches us. We must also take into account the complexity of our vast geography, economic disparity, aspirations of an emerging young demography and the swift technological changes that impact each of these vectors. Raghu doesn t just identify factors that contribute to insurgency and its growth but also suggests proportionate and appropriate ways and means of addressing them. This book is compulsory reading for all those who are concerned in one way or other with India s internal security issues, as it will lead to more informed debate and decision-making on one of the most serious threats facing the country today.
T.K.A Nair Advisor to Prime Minister and former Principal Secretary to Prime Minister
Raghu Raman has done pioneering work on thinking about a security framework. This volume provides a great distillation of his thoughts. You may not agree with everything, but his reflections will incite, provoke, and deepen the debate over the relationship between security and democracy.
Pratap Bhanu Mehta President and Chief Executive Centre for Policy Research
I have avidly read Raghu s articles when they appeared in Mint and they were intellectually stimulating and provided a wealth of information and gave a new perspective of looking at issues. The article on Somalia and the facts of violence in USA and UK were eye-openers. I missed some of the articles and am therefore very happy that he has put them all together in a book. Easy to read and extremely illuminating, Raghu is one of the most widely read and astute commentators on internal security in India today.
It gives me great pleasure to strongly recommend this book to practitioners, academics, and the layman who will all come away greatly enriched. I am glad to have had once again the opportunity to go through this wonderful collection of articles and realize how good they read even years after they were written.
Gopal K Pillai IAS (Retd) Former Union Home Secretary Government of India
Over 25 years, Raghu Raman has zoomed in and then zoomed out, first to get a deeply personal understanding of terrorism and wars, and their impact on societies, and then to take that depth of knowledge to provide an intensely intelligent and cogent analysis of what national security, in all its ramifications, truly means to a country and its citizens. Raghu s true skill lies in taking a topic, which is often dealt with in the rarified world of think-tank experts encircled by jargon and hyperbole, or hyped incessantly on India s shrill television talk shows by politicians of all hues, and making it not just accessible but relevant to India s myriad people and their everyday lives. In three years of lucid writing for Mint , Raghu Raman has made a powerful case for a rethinking of India s response to internal and external threats. This compilation is essential reading to a full understanding of India s modern-day psyche, with all its strengths and flaws.
Raju Narisetti Founding Editor, Mint Senior Vice President, Deputy Head of Global Strategy, News Corp
Everyman s War is an impressive compilation of short essays that highlights and brings to focus some of the most important national security issues, that have far reaching ramifications. These have for, far too long remained confined to the rarefied environs of arm-chair strategists and think tanks. Security of our country is a national endeavor and not merely the responsibility of the Armed Forces. The need of the hour is to bring in awareness and sensitize our citizens of national security issues so that these can be more meaningfully debated and understood. Raghu s book lucidly and vividly brings these issues to the fore to all-be it decision makers in the government, business, strategists, students, or the citizens. Raghu seamlessly straddles a vast canvas of security geopolitics, economics and psychology, with ease. What s more, he brings in the role of Armed Forces in the defence of the country to every-ones door step. An excellent book for those who wish to understand strategy, conflict, and terrorism that shapes our everyday lives.
Lt Gen. K. Surendra Nath PVSM, AVSM, VSM Army Commander, Army Training Command
This deftly written, highly readable book of short essays has an important message: security is full of moral ambiguity and beware of the person who claims moral clarity . This is not a popular idea with hawks or those who see the world in black and white, but it is consistent with the plural, soft power of India-a country that has always been a weak state and a strong society, and whose rise is not a threat to the world, unlike China.
Gurcharan Das Author, Commentator, Public Intellectual
Raghu Raman has produced a very good book from his lucid articles in Mint on a subject that cannot be ignored by any citizen of India. In one of his articles points to the continuing deterioration in the country s institutions and of citizens respect for them. Raghu says the Armed Forces is the one institution all citizens respect most of all. Since he wrote those lines, leaders of the Armed Forces have been embroiled in several controversies, causing citizens to become dismayed even about the Armed Forces. He talks of the need to rebuild trust in institutions, and the need for institutionalized capabilities for collaboration amongst existing institutions. Having pointed to a widespread institutional problem in India today Raghu then focusses on agendas for reforms related to internal security. His book is a valuable compilation of ideas for solutions to the organizational crisis that is undermining the State s ability to provide security to its citizens, which citizens must become engaged with.
Arun Maira Member, Planning Commission of India and former Chairman, Boston Consulting Group, India
In this series of articles, Raghu Raman displays a deep knowledge and insight into the many complex factors that impact security issues in India. I have been an avid reader of his articles over the years and have always been impressed with his deep understanding of the complex socio-economic and geopolitical realities that are so important for appreciating this extremely nuanced subject. He has raised some red flags about the very real and interconnected challenges the country faces.
It behooves us to heed his warning call, as well as pay attention to the rather radical solutions he proposes, to keep India secure, to continue our growth trajectory and to safeguard our way of life for future generations.
Anand Mahindra Chairman Mahindra Mahindra

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To the courage of men who died in the line of duty To the mettle of their families-who have to continue battling life without them
And to my parents and my children
Contents
Foreword
Introduction
Terrorism and Asymmetric Warfare
1. Tackling Guerrillas with Their Own Warfare Tactics
2. The New Frontier of Terror-Cyberspace
3. The Limitations of Intelligence Analysis
4. The Endgame of Terror
5. The Endgame of Terror-II
6. Citizens on the First Line of Defence
7. Terrorism s Ultimate Smart Bomb
8. Terrorist and Social Media
9. The Myth of Zero Tolerance
10. Intelligence as Force Multiplier
11. Terrorism Thrives in the Fault Lines
12. Minor Victims of Terrorism
13. Al Qaeda s Turning Move Tactics
14. The Logic of Suicide Killing
15. Terrorism: Death by Design
16. Four Pieces of the Terror Jigsaw
17. Terrorism, Some Lessons from Medicine
18. Children of a Lesser God
19. The Devil s Alternative
20. Shaping Opinion via Spam
21. The Kasab Factories
22. Dancing on the Edge
23. Three Myths of Battling Terrorism
24. Fighting an Asymmetric War
25. A Public-Private Response to Tackle Terror
26. Citizen s Role in Countering Terrorism
27. How the Public Can Help Counter Te