It is amazing how Thimayya became an important actor in some of the major legacies of conflict of the mid 20 century: Korea, Kashmir, the Chinese hegemony in Asia, and Cyprus. He was the only Indian who commanded a brigade in World War II and later in Japan as part of the occupation force. He was the only Indian General who was invited to the Japanese surrender ceremony in Singapore; and after whom a boulevard is named in Nicosia, Cyprus, and whose government also issued a special stamp in his memory. The book would be of immense interest to historians, defence and Thimayya admirers