Ep. 134: Kashmir and Article 370
The Seen and the Unseen - hosted by Amit Varma
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The Bizarre Dynamic of the Indian and Pakistani Armies
In both the armies because they weren't Indians in Pakistan is senior enough basically both the India and Pakistan armies were headed by British officers. And an interesting dynamic in this period which again I wasn't aware of till I read your book is that if there is a war between the two sides all the British officers will step away from the battle. So how did that sort of bizarre dynamic shape the it was a bizarre dynamic because you know none of the armies are very keen to do battle at all in a sense.
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