India's Internal Security  (English, Hardcover, unknown)

India’s Internal Security: Issues and Perspectives by Shrikant Paranjpe is book that explains the country’s internal security measures adopted to maintain peace and harmony.

Summary of the book

India’s Internal Security: Issues and Perspectives ponders upon the role that historical, demographical, socio-political and geographical requirements and roles that they play in India’s internal security. It talks about how this affects the relationship with other South Asian countries and the world, on a larger perspective. Maintaining security within the land as diverse as India is quite a challenge, and the book also delves into the past issues and draws perspectives on the current scenarios. Order and peace has to be maintained in different regions of the country and disputes in this context have been detailed. With India being augured as a global power in the years to come, the book asserts that the internal security is intact, which would reflect on the nation’s growth globally. The book talks on the topics of state and terrorism, role of armed forces in achieving internal peace, role of civil society, economics, politics, psychological warfare and the importance of the role of media.

About the Author

Dr Shrikant Paranjpe is an Indian author. He is a Fullbright Fellow at the George Washington University, Visiting Professor at the Colorado College and Professor in the Department of Defense and Strategic Studies at the University of Pune. Dr Shrikant has also authored India and South Asia since 1971, A Peace Agenda for Indian Foreign Policy, SAARC Parliament, US Non-proliferation Policy in Action: South Asia and Western India: History, Society and Culture among many other books.