I found this book browsing books available under ‘Kindle Unlimited’. There is one huge disappointment, which I faced first time about kindle books. This book has numerous font and spelling mistakes. It seems that a draft and not the final version have been released under kindle limited. Mark Tully has maintained a flowing narrative throughout the book. The narrative touches briefly the history of Sikhs. The emergence of Bhidranwale and the role played by India Gandhi and Akali Dal and Congress leadership in assisting this emergence is quite well explored, though the rigour of exploration is of a journalist and not of an academic. The book came in 1986, 2 years after operation blue star, which suggests that Tully and Satish Jacob (both are authors of this book) were working briskly to complete their project. Times of India is most cited reference. For me, it is hard to believe that Times of India can serve such serious purpose. I have earlier read K.S. Bra