Operation Cactus: Mission Impossible in the Maldives

Mission Overseas

by Sushant Singh

An attempted coup d'etat in the Maldives, a desperate SOS from its President and PM Rajiv Gandhi's swift decision to come to his OPERATION CACTUS features a flamboyant brigadier, a bemused ambassador, daredevil paratroopers, ace pilots and naval officers, who come together to do the impossible

99 pages, ebook

Published January 1, 2016

About the author

Sushant Singh is Associate Editor of the INDIAN EXPRESS. He served for two decades with the Indian army, including several stints in Jammu and Kashmir and as a military observer with the United Nations

Reviews

[Rohit Raj · Rating 4 out of 5]

Though a short read but a thoroughly crafted and well researched book. It delves more deeply in procedural details and preparedness than ground action by Indian military. But still every bit of it is worth the read.

[Usha Nandhini · Rating 4 out of 5]

I Loved reading this book. A Quick read . I will probably read it again .It is interesting to know about the operations that are less spoken about . Not much of facts and figures are portrayed, but it covers the overall happenings of Operation Cactus.

[Vivek · Rating 4 out of 5]

An exciting short read on the mission

[Siddhartha · Rating 2 out of 5]

Though the topic of the book is quite interesting since not many are aware of this operation, the book overall is just an ordinary read. It doesn't capture much details about the operation. This book is written as a short-read and doesn't do proper justice to the readers excitement.