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Security, Insurgency/Naxalism/Terrorism, Nuclear Issues, General/ Academic/ Historical Studies and Autobiography/Biography/Memoires/ Travelite. It is a highly specialised library for enhancing and enriching knowledge while concurrently facilitating education, research, training, self-development, well-being, and lifelong learning. A full spectrum of ever-expanding body of worldwide knowledge and information superiority is maintained by acquiring, and furthering ease of access to books, manuscripts, and other print and non-print materials and preserving these for the benefit of the members.
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Following independence, the institute went through financially testing times. It had to sell its Shimla headquarters. In 1953, the institute relocated to New Delhi. The institute survived primarily due to the efforts of
Colonel (Retd.) Pyara Lal, its secretary from 1957 to 1987. The institute
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The library has computerised its activities, processes, products and services for the benefit of users to facilitate fast access to the information held in the library and to promote the evolution of library use, and increasing availability of library resources to its members.
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The Centre for
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periods of Indian history—that before 1750, from 1750 to 1900, 1900 to 1947 and post-1947. The centre also does consulting, script writing and guidance for movies and documentaries related to
Military History.
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USI operates two centres of research and one centre for coaching predominantly Indian Army and limited Indian Naval officers for
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Transformation of the Indian Armed Forces 2025- Enhancing India's Defence by Maj Gen A K Lal (retd)
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Echoes from Beyond the Banihal-Kashmir : Human Rights and Armed Forces by Sujata Kanungo
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China's Maritime Ambitions and the PLA Navy by Sandeep Dewan (foreword by Srikant Kondapalli)
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China and India: A Comparative Analysis of Approaches to Energy Security by Prashant Agrawal
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Maoist Insurgency and India's Internal Security by EN Rammohan, Amrit Pal Singh, AK Agarwal
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National Security Challenges for India in the Next Decade — Conflicts in North East
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Water Issues in Sino- Indian & Indo — Pak Relations by Narender Kumar Tripathi
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Left Wing Extremism: Assessment and Counter Insurgency Strategy by Col Akshaya Handa
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Countering Insurgencies in India — An Insiders View by E M Rammohan, IPS (Retd)
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Coastal Security- Maritime Dimensions of India's Homeland Security by Prof K R Singh
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Multi-Vector Policies of Central Asian Nations and India by Brig Vinod Anand (Retd)
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Iran's Relations with Pakistan: A Strategic Analysis by Dr. Satyanarayan Pattanayak
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Strategies for Countering Non State Actors in South Asia by Ed Maj Gen PJS Sandhu
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Peace and Stability in Afghanistan: The Way Ahead by Ed: Maj Gen Y K Gera (Retd)
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Rising China: Opportunity or Strategic Challenge by Maj Gen P J S Sandhu (Retd)
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The Indian Armed Forces: Socio Legal Perspective by Wg Cdr U C Jha (Retd)
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Suicide Terrorism: Relevance in Indian Context by Lt Col Behram A Sahukar
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The Implacable Taliban, Repeating History in Afghanistan by E N Rammohan
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Reorganising the Air Force for Future Operations by AVM A K Tiwary, VSM
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Countering Transnational Terrorism by Brig Rahul K Bhonsle(Retd)
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Counterinsurgency and Quest for Peace by Col Anil Athale (Retd)
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A Talent for War: The Military Biography of Lt Gen Sagat Singh
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