This book is an indepth study about the past and present chapters of Indian Left Wing Extremism which is euphemistically called Naxalism in India. Naxal phenomena is a very mysterious one, the book familiarizes people with all aspects of Naxalism. The author has made threadbare discussion of the history, philosophy of Naxalism its strategy, tactics and offensive design. Efforts have been made to prescribe the counter measures which include kinetic operations, non kineticdevelopmental operations and some small suggestions to improve the system which will have profound impact.

The historical, analytical, empirical methods used in this book bring conceptual clarity and makes it interesting reading. The first hand experience of the author has enabled him to dig deep into the problem and bring to public domain many unknown aspects of the problem.