Top 6 Books Every Defence Aspirant Must Read Before Die

Vikram
4 min readApr 9, 2021

Are you searching for the most inspirational book of Military war stories? Today I will provide you the top 6 books.

Military books which outline the operations, bravery, and sacrifices of our soldiers are hard to find.

Here is the list of top 6 books every Defence Aspiran Must Read

6. The Brave: Param Vir Chakra Stories by Rachna Bisht Rawat

Twenty-one riveting stories about how India’s highest military honor was won. Rachna Bisht Rawat takes us to the heart of war, chronicling the tales of twenty-one of India’s bravest soldiers.

Talking to parents, siblings, children, and comrades-in-arms to paint the most vivid character-portraits of these men and their conduct in battle and getting unprecedented access to the Indian Army, Rawat has written the ultimate book on the Param Vir Chakra.

5. Kargil: From Surprise To Victory by General V. P. Malik

In February 1999, Pakistani Army personnel, disguised as jihadi militants, infiltrated into mountainous Kargil and occupied key vantage points. Their intrusion triggered a limited war between the world’s newest nuclear states. It was a bitter battle, and one that threw up important lessons for India’s defense preparedness, as also its responses to conflicts such as this.

This incisive book by General V.P. Malik, former Chief of the Army Staff, analyses the reasoning behind the Pakistani Army’s moves and tactics and reviews crucial issues such as the extent of intelligence and surveillance failure on the Indian side and the measures necessary to redress these failings.

Away from questions of strategy and tactics, however, Kargil is also a reminder of the unalloyed heroism that was on display during those grim weeks, heroism that becomes a benchmark for valor.

4. Watershed 1967: India’s Forgotten Victory Over China by Probal Dasgupta

What happened when India and China last went to battle with each other? Did China win?

Wrong, India won. The sole India–China conflict that remains etched in our collective memory is the 1962 war, which India tragically lost. But five years later, in 1967, India and China faced off once again in the heights of Cho La and Nathu La at the Sikkim border.

This time, overcoming the odds, India triumphed. The fallout of these forgotten battles was immense. China shied away from actively allying with Pakistan and the US during the 1971 India–Pakistan war. And despite several stand-offs in the half-century since then, Beijing has never again launched a military offensive against India. This incredible book tells us why these battles ushered in an era of peace.

Full of thrilling international intrigue and nail-biting battle scenes, this book is based on extensive research and interviews with army officers and soldiers who participated in these historic battles. It aims to rectify a blind spot in history and shine the spotlight on a story of incredible bravery that India should be proud of.

3. India’s Most Fearless by Shiv Aroor And Rahul Singh

The Army major who led the legendary September 2016 surgical strikes on terror launch pads across the LoC; a soldier who killed 11 terrorists in 10 days; a Navy officer who sailed into a treacherous port to rescue hundreds from an exploding war; a bleeding Air Force pilot who found himself flying a jet that had become a screaming fireball . . .

Their own accounts or of those who were with them in their final moments.
India’s Most Fearless covers fourteen true stories of extraordinary courage and fearlessness, providing a glimpse into the kind of heroism our soldiers display in unthinkably hostile conditions and under grave provocation.

2. Shoot Dive Fly

Learn all about an exceptional way of life SHOOT, DIVE, FLY aims to introduce teenagers to the armed forces and tell them about the perils-the rigors and the challenges-and perks-the thrill and the adventure of a career in uniform.

Ballroom dancing, flying fighter planes, detonating bombs, skinning and eating snakes in times of dire need, and everything else in between there's nothing our officers can’t do!. Read twenty-one nail-biting stories of daring.

Hear from some amazing men and women about what the forces have taught them-and decide if the olive-green uniform is what you want to wear too.

  1. Letters from Kargil by Diksha Dwivedi

‘With feet deep in snow and alert with their guns, our soldiers are responding to each threat from the enemy with twice the intensity and vigor, but my heart is somewhere else.’

In May 1999, India was invaded by Pakistan in Kargil in the Ladakh region in a surprise attack. Diksha Dwivedi’s father was one of the martyrs of that war.

In this beautiful, extremely moving book, she tells the story of the Kargil war through the letters and diaries of her father and other soldiers who fought there.

Intimate and emotional, Letters from Kargil is the most human and personal portrait of the war ever written.

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Vikram

interested in military stories, international Affairs