Book Description Hardcover. Condition: New. Contents: Foreword. Introduction. I. Armed forces before the war: 1. The constitutional position. 2. The Army before the outbreak of war. 3. The Navy and the Air forces before the outbreak of war. II. Expansion during the war: 4. General background of expansion. 5. The expansion of the Army. 6. Factors affecting expansion of the Army. 7. Expansion of the royal Indian Navy. 8. Some aspects of naval expansion. 9. Expansion of the air force. 10. Factors affecting expansion of the I.A.F. 11. Indianisation of the services. 12. The lessons of expansion summarised. III. Demobilisation: 13. Demobilisation targets. 14. Demobilisation as it worked. 15. Demobilisation: principles and procedure. 16. Administrative machinery for demobilization. IV. Defence Organisation: 17. Policy making and the higher direction of war. 18. Policy interpretation and co-ordination. 19. Civil departments of the Government concerned with defence. 20. The General staff branch. 21. Adjutant general and quarter master general. 22. Master general of the ordnance and other branches. 13. Naval and air headquarters. Appendices. Index. At the end of the Second World War, a Historical Section was set up, under the Ministry of Defence, to write a detailed history of war, with particular reference to the operations conducted by the Armed Forces of undivided India. After the partition of the country in 1947, this section continued as a joint organization of India and Pakistan and was designated as the Combined Inter Services Historical Section (India and Pakistan). The CIS Historical Section compiled 25 volumes until it was wound up in 1963. Meanwhile, a separate section called historical section (India) was set up in 1953 for compiling the history of post-partition military operations of the Indian Armed Forces. This section was also meant to supply information on military history and allied subjects to the Ministry and the three Services headquarters. Subsequently a heraldic cell was created within the Section to advise the Ministry and the Armed Forces on Ceremonial matters. Since its inception in 1953, the Historical Section has brought out fifteen publications. In view of the growing responsibility of the section, it was redesignated as the history division on April 1, 1992. The History Division also serves as a record, research and reference office of the Ministry of Defence and three Services Headquarters. Officers of the Indian Armed Forces and research scholars often visit the Division to consult records of military importance. The division also assists various units of Armed Forces in compiling their histories. (jacket). Seller Inventory # 112832

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