Operation Cactus: Indian Military Intervention in the Maldives, 1988

by Sanjay Badri-Maharaj

In 1988, the Indian Army and Air Force, ably supported by the Indian Navy, carried out a daring intervention in the Maldives. The government of the Maldives, led by Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, facing an attempted coup by PLOTE, a renegade group of Tamil insurgents from Sri Lanka, sent out a request for help, to which India responded.

Operation Cactus details this, India's most ambitious out of area intervention to date. The book describes...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1914377028
• ISBN13: 9781914377020
• Release Date: November 2021
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Length: 66 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 8.1" x 11.5"