A Mission in Kashmir Book

Andrew Whitehead was the BBC correspondent in Delhi for many years, Therefore his books are likely to be non-partisan, extensively researched and based on facts, not mere hearsay. This book is primarily an account of the Pakistan backed tribal attack of 1947 and the ensuing battle between the Indian Army and the Pakistani jihadis. He doesnt take any sides in telling the story..as it most happens in History when you change the facts to suit the wider polemical narrative.
He offers a no holds barred account of the carnage in Baramulla where the jihadis resorted to widespread loot,murder,rapes and sacrilege and didnt even spare Muslims of whom they were supposedly helping from tyranny. He painstakingly captures the threads of the Carnage that was wreaked upon the beautiful valley by the terror of Pathans,closely monitored by Pakistan army.
The book is filled with anecdotes which make it a delightful read for anyone who wants to know about the Kashmir conflict. A gem is that the Pakistani plan to engage the tribesmen to fight on their behalf was so much riddled with bad planning, jealously and indiscipline that on the purported day of attack the commanding officer, Khurshid Anwar was nowhere to be found. He was found to be honeymooning with his wife instead, in Peshawar. In my opinion, a vivid and empathetic potrayal of the war.