Publisher's Synopsis
Pakistani military history as alwaysremained a promiscuous collection oflies and half-truths .We were fed with half-truths anddoctored distortions and it took mesome 33 years to learn the truth aboutthe subject of this book.General Gul Hassan who knew themaximum being a direct participant andfunctioning at the key appointment ofchief of general staff wrote an extremelyreadable book which simplycamouflages all the key facts of 1971war!This had two reasons; first that GulHassan was not a war experiencedsoldier having served as aide de camp inSecond World War and in staff positionsin all Indo Pak wars.The second and the more importantreason was that Gul Hassan was partlyresponsible for Pakistan's strategic andoperational failures of 1971 war.Thus in his wonderful book fed us onhalf-truths if not outright lies!
