@Nilgiri
The problem in 1962 was two folds:
1. Ineptitude of Indian leadership to realize that to push your claims, your need to militarily back up your token military strength being projected. We not only claimed demarcation till McMahon Line, but we occupied territories North of it, without building up our logistics and forces, thinking Chinese will not react in interest of greater good. To top it all, the Political Leadership ignored reports of Chinese build up (they took time to build up strength) before they hit our troops, who were, in the first instance, North of the Line itself! Obviously we would be whupped as we got, for such stupidity. I have no qualms about criticising the idiots.
2. Chinese got away with limited strike because USSR was busy in Cuban Missile Crisis. Otherwise, it would have been very interesting indeed.
Incomparable, Mao beats all ... estimated 70 million sent into the 'great oblivion'
Cheers