Book Review: A Woman’s Place: US Counterterrorism since 9/11 by Joana Cook

of India. Apparently, during the spring of 1947, Colonel Akbar Khan and other Muslim officers of the British Indian Army used to meet at Mohammad Ali Jinnah’s residence on Aurangzeb Road in Delhi to plan that clandestine incursion into Kashmir. The reference given is to a book, A Soldier Recalls, by Lieutenant General S. K. Sinha. I have not seen this event mentioned by other writers and its reliability is difficult to assess. But if true, it adds another dimension to the origins of the Kashmir dispute. The great strength of the book is that the overall political situation, the role of key players in civilian governments and of the generals, marshals and commanders are brought into the picture vividly and even-handedly when the wars are discussed. In doing so, the author evaluates the performances of the army, air force and navy and of the main weapons deployed during battles, while highlighting the levels and degrees of coordination of the three services. One gets a holistic, comprehensive overview of those wars. Arjun Subramaniam has undoubtedly produced a compendium on India’s military history, which the public as well as specialists and researchers will find an invaluable work of dedicated scholarship.