PUBLISHED
WORK OF ALI AHMED (pre 2008)
ARTICLES
Infantry Journal
1.
Beget the Devil’s Own Platoon, Infantry
Journal, 1993.
2.
Tips on the Reading Habit, Infantry Journal,
1993.
3.
Cohesion: Bibliographical Note, Infantry
Journal, 1995.
4.
Civil-Military Relations: A Theoretical
Perspective, Infantry Journal, 1997.
5.
Company Command: A Template, Infantry Journal,
2000.
6.
Whither Infantry?, Infantry Journal, 2001
7.
Drill Deadens, Infantry Journal, 2002
Combat/War
College Journal
1.
On the Indian Use of Force: The Critiques
Reexamined, Combat Journal, Mar 2000.
2.
SAARC – The Strategic Debate in India, Combat
Journal, Mar 01
3.
Self Esteem: Room for improvement, War
College Journal, 2005
4.
AOR: The CT Ops Version, War College Journal, 2005
5.
An Analysis of Grand Strategy in Operation
Barbarossa, War College Journal,
Spring 08
Pratividrohi (Anti Terrorism
Journal of the Counter Insurgency and Jungle Warfare
School
1.
Pseudo Gang Operations, Pratividrohi,
1997
2.
Rethinking Human Rights, Pratividrohi,
2000.
3.
On Military Leadership in Counter Insurgency
Operations, Pratividrohi, 1998.
4.
The Army, Media and LIC, Pratividrohi, 2002
5.
J&K: The Perspectives Contrasted, Pratividrohi, 2001
6.
Peace Enforcement: The direction of the future, Pratividrohi, 2003
7.
Offensive air power in J&K; Pratividrohi, Sep 05
8.
Peacekeeping and Peaceenforcement, Pratividrohi, 2002
Intelligence
Journal (Journal of Military
Intelligence School
1.
Society and Military Intelligence: A
Sociological Perspective, Intelligence Journal, 1996-97.
2.
The Pathology of Info War, Intelligence
Journal, 2004
USI
Journal (United Services Institution of India
1.
The Fauji Memsahib, USI Journal, 1999.
2.
The Doctrinal Challenge, USI Journal, Jan
2000.
3.
MONUC, USI Journal, Jan 2004
4.
Short Wars: From Desirable to Feasible, USI Journal, Jan 2008
5. In Tribute: A Recall of the Sundarji
Doctrine, USI Journal, Apr 08
Pinnacle
(Journal of the Army Training Command)
1.
The Strategic Community, Pinnacle, Mar
2003
2.
Reflection on Military Ethos, Pinnacle,
Mar 2003
3.
Revolution in Military Affairs: The Sociological
Perspective, Pinnacle, Sep 03
4.
Reader’s Forum:
Short Wars; Dec 07
5. Reader’s Forum: Transformation and the
Officer Corps; Spring 08 (under consideration)
Others
1.
Recruiting Anecdotes, Maratha Journal, 1992
2.
A Professional’s Trekking Experience, Maratha
Journal,1990
3.
The Trade Secret Unveiled, Infantry Day
Supplement, The Statesman, Oct 27, 1999.
4.
CAMs and CBMs, Mainstream, July 23, 1994.
5.
Style of Command, CDM Journal, 2002
6.
Educating Future Army Officers, Educationist,
2002
7.
A Brief on Research and Analysis, Educationist, 2008
8.
The Command Challenge, Maratha Journal, 08
BOOK REVIEWS
USI Journal
1.
Alexis Heraclitus, Self determination of
minorities in International Politics, London, Frank Cass, 1991.
2.
Anthony Giddens, The Third Way London , Polity
Press, 1998.
3.
Anthony McGrew, Paul Lewis, Global Politics,
Globalisation, and the Nation State, Cambridge, Polity Press, 1992.
4.
Avnar Cohen, Israel and the Bomb, New
York, Colombia University Press, 1998.
5.
Bruce Lawrence, Shattering The Myth: Islam
Beyond Violence, New Jersey , Priceton University
6.
Craig Baxter, ed. Government and Politics in
South Asia, Boulder, Westview Press, 1987.
7.
Ethan Kapstein, Michel Mastanduno, Unipolar
Politics: Realism and State Strategies After the Cold War, West Sussex,
Colombia University Press, 1999.
8.
From Surprise to Reckoning: The Kargil
Review Committee Report, New Delhi: Sage Publications, 2000.
9.
Gwyn Prins, Strategy, Force Planning and
Diplomatic/Military Operations, London, RIIA, 1998.
10.
John Pimlott, Stephen Bayley, ed. The Gulf
War Assessed, London ,
Arms and Armour, 1992.
11.
Kedourie, E., Nationalism, Fourth
Edition, Oxford, Blackwell, 1961.
12.
Lawrence
Freedman, Efraim Karsh, The Gulf Conflict 1990-91: Diplomacy and War in the
New World Order, London ,
Faber, 1992.
13.
Maroof Raza, Low Intensity Conflict: The New
Dimension to India’s Military Commitment, Meerut , Kartikeya Publications, 1995.
14.
Marshall Hodgson, Rethinking World History:
Essays on Europe, Islam, and World History, Cambridge, Cambridge University
Press, 1993.
15.
Maya
Chaddha, Ethnicity, Security, and Separatism in India, New York,
Colombia Univeristy Press, 1997.
16.
Michel
Clark, Simon Seraty, ed. New Thinking and Old Realities: America,
Europe and Russia, Washington, Seven Locks, 1991.
17.
MK Kaw, Bureaucracy: IAS Unmasked, Delhi,
Konark, 1993.
18.
Morton Halperin ed. Self Determination in the
New World Order, Washington DC, Carneigie Endowment, 1992.
19.
Peter Paret, Understanding War: Essays on
Clausewitz and the History of Military Power, New Jersey, Princeton, 1992.
20.
Stephen Van Evera, Causes of War: Power and
the Roots of Conflict, New York , Cornell University
21.
Torbjorn Knutsen, A History of International
Relations Theory, Manchester , Manchester University
22.
Vivienne Jabri, Discourses on Violence, New York , Manchester
University
23.
Sahadevan, P., Conflict and Peace Making in
South Asia, New Delhi, Lancers Books, 2001.
24.
Philpot, D., Revolutions in Sovereignty: How
Modern Ideas Shaped the World, Princeton, 2001
25.
Synnott, H., The Causes and Consequences of South Asia’s
Nuclear Tests, Adelphi Paper 332, London, OUP, 1999
26.
Chari, PR., ed., Security and Governance in
South Asia, New Delhi, Manohar, 2001
27.
FitzGibbon, S., Not Mentioned in Despatches:
The History and Myth of the Battle of Goose Green, Cambridge, Lutterworth
Press, 2001
28.
Haq, K., The South Asian Challenge,
Oxford, OUP, 2002
Others
1.
Karnad, B., Nuclear Weapons and Indian
Security: The Realist Foundations of Strategy, New Delhi, MacMillan, 2002 -
Pinnacle, Mar 03
2.
Tellis, A., India’s Emerging Nuclear Posture:
Between Recessed Deterrence and Ready Arsenal, New Delhi, OUP, 2001 – Pinnacle,
Sep 03
3.
Perkovich, G., India’s Nuclear Bomb, New
Delhi, OUP, 1999 - Pinnacle, 2004; Trishul, Vol XIII, No 2
4.
Stephen Cohen, The Idea of Pakistan; New Delhi,
OUP - War College Journal, 2005
5.
Maududi, SA, Towards Understanding Islam, New
Delhi, Markazi Maktab Islami - Trishul
(DSSC Journal), Spring 2005
6.
Chadha, V., Low
Intensity Conflicts in India: An Analysis, New Delhi, Sage, 2005 - The Infantry (India), 2005
7.
Fitzgibbon, S., Not mentioned in dispatches: The History and Mythology of the Battle of
Goose Green; Cambridge, Lutterworth Press, 1995; War College Journal - Autumn 2006
8.
Raman, S., Nuclear
Strategy: The Doctrine of Just War; New Delhi, Manas Publication, 2006 – USI Journal, Apr-Jun 07
9.
Singh, Jaswant, A Call to Honour, New Delhi, Rupa & Co, 2006 – Defence Management, Apr 07
10.
Musharraf, P.,
In the Line of Fire; New York, Simon and Shuster, 2006 – The Infantry (India), Autumn 06
11. Bammi, Y., War Against Insurgency and Terrorism in Kashmir; Dehra Dun , Nataraj Publishers, 2007 – Pinnacle Dec 07
12. Chandran, S., Limited War: Revisiting Kargil in the Indo Pak Conflict; Omdoa
Research Press, New Delhi, 2005 – War
College Journal 2007
13. Malik, SK, Quranic Concept of War; New Delhi, Himalayan Books, 1986 – War College Journal, 2007
14. Rajagopalan, R., Fighting Like a
Guerilla: The Indian Army and Counterinsurgency, New Delhi , Routledge, 2007; The Third
Frame, Autumn 08 (forthcoming)
LETTERS
TO THE EDITOR
Combat/
War College Journal
1.
Understanding Violence and Militancy, 1992.
2.
The Need for Curricular Innovation, 1999.
3.
Information War, 1999.
4.
Letter to the Editor on Bharat Karnad article,
Autumn 06
5.
Dangers of Strategic Determinism, 2001
Infantry
Journal
1.
Indo Pak War: The Fourth Round in On
2.
Pardon, but your Political Slip is Showing, 1999
3.
Comment on Book Review of Salman Khursheed’s
‘Beyond Terrorism’, 2003
USI
Journal
Need for a military archives,
1995.
CDM
Journal (College
of Defence
Directive Control: An Advocacy,
2002
Published work over 2006-08
Articles
·
Short Wars: From Desirable to Feasible, USI Journal, Jan 2008
·
In Tribute: A Recall of the Sundarji Doctrine, USI Journal, Apr 08
·
An Analysis of Grand Strategy in Operation
Barbarossa, War College Journal,
Spring 08
·
A Brief on Research and Analysis, Educationist, 2008
·
The Command Challenge, Maratha Regiment Journal, 08
Book Reviews
·
Fitzgibbon, S., Not mentioned in dispatches: The History and Mythology of the Battle of
Goose Green; Cambridge, Lutterworth Press, 1995; War College Journal - Autumn 2006
·
Raman, S., Nuclear
Strategy: The Doctrine of Just War; New Delhi, Manas Publication, 2006 – USI Journal, Apr-Jun 07
·
Singh, Jaswant, A Call to Honour, New Delhi, Rupa & Co, 2006 – Defence Management, Apr 07
·
Musharraf, P.,
In the Line of Fire; New York, Simon and Shuster, 2006 – The Infantry (India), Autumn 06
·
Bammi, Y., War
Against Insurgency and Terrorism in Kashmir; Dehra Dun, Nataraj Publishers,
2007 – Pinnacle Dec 07
·
Chandran, S., Limited War: Revisiting Kargil in the Indo Pak Conflict; Omdoa
Research Press, New Delhi, 2005 – War
College Journal 2007
·
Malik, SK, Quranic
Concept of War; New Delhi, Himalayan Books, 1986 – War College Journal, 2007
·
Rajagopalan, R., Fighting Like a Guerilla: The Indian Army and Counterinsurgency,
New Delhi, Routledge, 2007; The Third
Frame, Autumn 08
