Lt General Kamal Davar, a veteran of the 1965 and 1971 operations, is one of India’s leading military experts. His distinguished career, spanning 41 years, culminated with his appointment as the first Director General of India’s Defence Intelligence Agency. After retirement, the author writes and lectures extensively on regional security and strategy and is an active participant in Track 2 diplomacy. He is the author of Tryst with Perfidy, a well-received work on the Pakistani deep state. He is currently the President of the Delhi Forum for Strategic Studies.