As a General with the Indian Army (now retired), Ray was assigned command of the Army's 14 Corps in North Kashmir in June of 2000, where he helped oversee a program of "Sadbhavna" focused on human development in militancy-prone areas in an effort to win over alienated communities. Here he provides a step-by-step account of how the ideas of "Sadbhavna" were developed within the Indian military, how the program was implemented and evolved over time, and the lessons he drew from the experience, which he judges to have been "a successful sociopolitical strategy in conflict-prevention in one of India's most sensitive and remote regions." Annotation ©2012 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)