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The Dynasty
(Excerpts from a book review by A.H. Amin in the Defence Journal)

http://military-security-review.blogspot.com/ has the complete review
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In his book "The Dynasty" (Harper Collins Publishers: ISBN 81-7223-265-9), retired civil servant S.S Gill says the General(Sundarji) hankered after a war, not because he was convinced of its inevitability, but as it offered him the only path to personal glory and a niche in history". The aim of Brasstacks as per Gill was separation of Sindh from Pakistan and thus a "second breakup of the country".

The most interesting point that Gill makes is something very close to the Kargil Scenario of 1999. Gill states that Brasstacks was a personal war of Sundarji and Rajiv knew nothing about its actual aims. Thus Gill describes Rajiv Gandhi's reaction once he heard about Brasstacks, i.e " he hit the roof"........... "You see these Johnnies had almost pushed us into war with Pakistan"!

Gill asserts that Sundarji was in an "Expansive mood" and it was only through Benazir Bhutto that Rajiv discovered his army chief's real ambitions! Gill then adds "She(Benazir) showed him(Rajiv) a copy of the minutes of his army commanders meeting. Rajiv returned a much wiser and sadder man and ordered some secret inquiries". So much for the security of documents in the Indian Army.