Honour Redeemed and Other Stories from the 1965 Indo-Pak War

Honour Redeemed recalls the 1965 Indo Pak war and the military engagements thatpreceded it with disarming honesty and candour. From the salt pans of the Rann ofKutch to the lofty peaks in Jammu and Kashmir from the deserts of Rajasthan to thelush green fields of Punjab stories emerge of battles fought with great courage andvalour told by the very men who fought that war half a century ago. About the AuthorMaj Gen Dhruv C Katoch was commissioned in the DOGRA Regiment on 31 March 1972. He is an alumnus of Sherwood College Nainital the National Defence Academy Khadakvasla and the National Defence College New Delhi. A third-generation army officer his family has the distinction of continuous Army service for the last 125 years. While in the Indian Army he served in Operation Pawan for two years as part of the IPKF in Sri Lanka as also across all frontiers of India in senior command and staff assignments. Post retirement he served as the Director of the Indian Army s premier think tank Centre for Land Warfare Studies CLAWS from November 2012 until October 2014. He is a writer and speaker on defence and security