Leadership failed India in 1962

The fiftieth anniversary of the Sino-Indian border war of 1962 has led to an outpouring of comment, analysis and some hand-wringing in India. The Chinese have more or less ignored the event. In India, the war is seen as a stab in the back by China which resulted in a catastrophic defeat for the Indian forces and humiliation for the country. In retrospect, it was a watershed event marking the shift from the idealpolitik of the Nehruvian era to the realpolitik of Indira Gandhi.

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