Lack of written history was handicap for our military leaders: Army chief

The study of military history is not a panacea, but it can certainly give "insights and provide inputs for some decision making", he said.

The education of Indian military leaders of the past suffered because of a lack of chronicled history as they could not learn from the mistakes of their predecessors, Army Chief General Manoj Naravane said here on Saturday.

He was speaking at the launch of 'Ya Sam Ha' (One and Only), a Marathi book on Bajirao Peshwa I written by Major General Shashikant Pitre (retd).

"The purpose of military history is to learn from the mistakes of the past. There are always historical parallels and it is for us to recognise those," General Naravane said.

The study of military history is not a panacea,