Just before the 1971 war, Captain Sood was promoted to the rank of Major and appointed Deputy Military Assistant to the Chief of Army Staff. In addition to his duties as Dy MA, he was also carrying out the duties of ADC since the second ADC had reverted to his unit on their mobilization from Delhi. It was thus that the author had a ringside view of the "War of 1971." He left to attend the Staff College Course at Camberley in the UK in the end of September 1972.Having done the job of 'Brigade Major' in Mizoram and Assam, he commanded the 1st Battalion of the 8th Gorkha Rifles, the 'Mechanized Battalion' of the Gorkhas. Having attended important courses like the 'Higher Command' and 'National Defence College Course' where he was also an instructor, he went on to command the 26 Infantry Division in Jammu and Kashmir. On 31st March 1998, he took retirement from the Army when he was Chief of Staff at 12 Corps.

Scholars are generally agreed that the evolution of Bhutan as a modern state can be attributed to four major events. These are, the advent of Buddhism in Bhutan with the arrival of Guru Padmasambhava in the 8th century AD; establishment of the Drukpa Kargue Sect by Phajo Drugom Shigpo in 13th century AD; the unification of Bhutan under a central authority by Shabdrung Ngawang Namgyal in 17th century AD and the coming about of a hereditary monarchy under King Ugyen Wangchuck in the early twentieth century.

With the passing away of The Field Marshal on 27 June 2008, it was appropriate to include a chapter on his last days. This therefore called for publication of a "Second Revised Edition-2009." In this edition care has been taken to eliminate some of the errors from the first edition apart from inclusion of some new facts that had been missed out in the last edition. The book is also being translated into Hindi so that it is available to a larger audience. This is being done by Prabhat Prakashan from Delhi.                more >>        

His stance, that ancient covenants forbade him from interacting with foreigners, especially, since he was in touch with the Russians through one of his emissaries, does point a finger at the conduct of affairs of the state.
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