RE:Henderson Brooks report must be declassified
by kalyan ram on Jun 29, 2007 11:58 PM Permalink
who is henderson brooks?. is he an indian who wrote for indian military debacle in 1962 war for indian government?.....
RE:Henderson Brooks report must be declassified
by Mohan Raj on Jun 30, 2007 12:08 AM Permalink
Since you are an internet user , I feel that you should do a google search before you ask a question .
Anyways this is symptomatic of how our governments have successfully kept the cover on the report . The below text from Wiki may be helpful
The Henderson Brooks-Bhagat report, also referred to as the Henderson Brooks report, is the report of an analysis (Operations Review) of the Sino-Indian War of 1962. Its authors are officers of the Indian armed forces. They are Lieutenant-General Henderson Brooks and Brigadier P S Bhagat, commandant of the Indian Military Academy at the time.
The report continues to be classified by the Indian Government, as of October 2006 .
The report is said to be openly critical of the Indian political and military structure of the time, as well as of the execution of operations.
Author Neville Maxwell has published what he claims are summaries of the report . While this has not been verified by comparisons with the (still classified) text, it has been accepted as a reasonable summary by the Indian media.
RE:Henderson Brooks report must be declassified
by Polisetty Ravishankar on Jun 30, 2007 12:03 AM Permalink
do we have reliable parties who could tell us the truth?
RE:Henderson Brooks report must be declassified
by Ravi Iyer on Jun 30, 2007 12:07 AM Permalink
Yes Poli,
There are such "parties" depending on your definition of (and intention with) 'reliable' and 'truth'!!
And there lies the problem with 'recorded' facts. Facts can be recorded based on what occurred but the intentions underlying the events are always .... yes always!! ..... open to interpretation!!
RE:RE:Henderson Brooks report must be declassified
by pratap pudi on Jun 30, 2007 01:50 AM Permalink
Mr.Ravi, Nice display of understanding w.r.t the subtilities of history (recorded or oral) and news. Hope you will contribute to the discussion on the main topic.
RE:Henderson Brooks report must be declassified
by rajesh r on Jun 30, 2007 06:16 AM Permalink
hmmm..actually, the quality of engagement is improving here. even the acerbic ping pong that i'm chucking and watching is better than the usual maa-bhen gaalis. way 2 go guys. btw, didnt someone say that history is always written by the victors?:-)
