A British Officer on the Indian Army Staff College Course
The Unconventional Soldier · Colin Ferguson
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Show Notes
CONTENT
Our guest today is John Holden a former British Army Officer who attended the Indian Army Staff College course over the period May 2002 to May 2003. The course is designed to prepare officers by giving them the skills they need to address future security and defence challenges at home and abroad. We cover why John wanted to study in India, course content, mountain warfare, legacy of Empire, cultural differences and the Indian Army in WW2.
DESERT ISLAND DITS
On Desert Island Dits our guest's choice of book was The Operators: Inside 14 Intelligence Company - The Army's Top Secret Elite. The teams' book choices this week were Robert J McMahon's The Cold War: A Very Short Introduction and James Holland's Burma '44: The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East.
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