使政治和軍事完整的結合，結果讓中國取得了對印度談判的有利地位。他們用特定軍事力量針對有限的軍事目標讓印度所謂一個新興亞洲強權的影像破滅， 暴露出印度多種戰略上的缺點。中國對印軍事行動的成功也讓中國的政治主張在這次短期戰爭中完整表達，讓中國在自己預定的時間和方式結束戰爭，這些是中國有效的行動藝術的結果。

In the end, Chinese military commanders successfully executed operational art, merging political and military considerationsto achieve an outcome that left China in an enhanced bargaining position against India. Their selective application of military force against limited objectives destroyed the image of India as arising Asian power and exposed many of its strategic shortcomings. Successful military action against India allotted China the political initiative throughout the short war, allowing them to conclude it at the time and in the manner of their choosing, resulting from the effective application of operational art. "