RESURRECTING THE IPKF LEGACY

<p>A comprehensive treatise on international military interventions.</p> <p>A hand-to-hand fight by a young officer against the LTTE and another unit’s bloody pitched battle while encircled by LTTE cadres facing certain annihilation. An officer and a jawan have a premonition of their impending death. </p> <p>The unit’s unflinching support mitigates a widow’s trauma of losing her husband in the face of a callous state government. A brigade commander a staff officer and a commanding officer share valuable lessons during the command and management of troops in war under ambiguous circumstances. The aviators daredevil role of rescue and support in the face<br>of enemy fire. A naval officer’s poignant race while on a ship to reach out in aid of his on-shore dying army colleague.</p> <p>A VIP heli- landing into an LTTE-infested area almost comes to grief but for the courage of a few good men. A doctor’s unique bond with troops when the latter virtually denies his leave request. A risky raid by an infantry column into a thickly forested enemy camp amidst repeated ambushes. An IAF pilot deftly handles the IL76 to fly in the T-72 tank into an uncharted overseas destination. An attack helicopter pilot shares the unique experience of handling the MI-25 with its deadly firepower in the jungles against LTTE while minimising collateral damage. Veterans quest to resurrect the IPKF legacy by covering 6500 Km in a 23-day motorcycle expedition to the North East.</p> <p>An eclectic collection of military accounts.</p> <p>By the Authors of ‘ Valiant Deeds Undying Memories.’</p> <p>Careless of eye and coarse of the lip<br>They marched in the holiest fellowship.<br>That heaven might heal the world they gave<br>Their earth-born dreams to deck the grave.</p> <p>-Marching Men by Marjorie Pickthall</p>