From the Crow s Nest: A Compendium of Speeches & Writing on Maritime and Other Issues

This eclectic panorama of articles and speeches rendered in India and abroad, by one of the most respected and articulate chiefs of the Indian Navy, provides unique and incisive insights on a wide range of subjects. Gleaned from his considerable repertoire, this selection touches on issues such as maritime power, defense finance and planning, shipbuilding, defense R&D, higher defense management, jointmanship, and others. All these subjects are of immense contemporary significance and concern. They offer as much to the inquisitive uninitiated as to servicemen and hard-nosed defense analysts eager for a firsthand version of matters relating to national security.