Intelligence, Past, Present and Future

by B. Raman

416 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2002

About the author

Bahukutumbi Raman(B. Raman) was an Additional Secretary of the Cabinet Secretariat of the Government of India and one-time head of the counter-terrorism division of India's external intelligence agency Research and Analysis Wing (RAW). Until his death in 2013, he was the director of the Institute for Topical Studies, Chennai.



Having been one of the few surviving officers who were a witness to the creation of R&AW during 1968 by RN Kao, his analysis on Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma and China have been an asset to the Intelligence community.

As a former intelligence official, B Raman regularly wrote about security, counter-terrorism and military issues regarding India and South Asia. He was a firm believer of Gandhi-Nehru rule, and had often proposed it as a solution to many of India's political uncertainties and socio-economic woes.


B Raman was also a contributor to the South Asia Analysis Group (SAAG).

Reviews

[Rahul singh · Rating 4 out of 5]

i was not able to finish it because later part of intelligence gathering was too technical to sustain continuity but overall it was good for me to know whole this matter explained by someone who was part of this system for long time, probably it will be interesting to read someone from ISI or FBI to know how they see this whole scenario.

[Yam Kumar]

i like to read this book coz i like the topics