The Armed Forces of Pakistan

The Armed Forces of Pakistan
Author: Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 248
Release: 2002
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 9780814716335

This book describes the nature of Pakistan's defense capabilities and the forces that shape them in the twenty-first century.

The Army and Democracy

The Army and Democracy
Author: Aqil Shah
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Total Pages: 416
Release: 2014-04-29
Genre: History
ISBN: 0674728939

In sharp contrast to neighboring India, the Muslim nation of Pakistan has been ruled by its military for over three decades. The Army and Democracy identifies steps for reforming Pakistan’s armed forces and reducing its interference in politics, and sees lessons for fragile democracies striving to bring the military under civilian control.

Military Inc

Military Inc
Author: Ayesha Siddiqa-Agha
Publisher: Pluto Press (UK)
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2017
Genre: Civil-military relations
ISBN: 9781786800114

Pakistan is a strategic ally of the US in the 'war on terror'. It is the third largest recipient of US aid in the world. Yet Pakistan is a state run by its army and intelligence service. Operating in the shadows, Pakistan's military industrial complex owns and controls swathes of the economic and political landscape of the country. Military Inc. dares to illuminate the military as an oppressive holding company possessing not just security-related businesses, but also hotels, shopping malls, insurance companies, banks, farms and even an airline. The result is a deeply undemocratic society, where money is funnelled towards the military's economic enterprises, leaving those in need of it impoverished and effectively disenfranchised. With an empirical richness, and a view to Pakistan's recent history, Ayesha Siddiqa offers a detailed and powerful case study of a global phenomenon: corruption, hollow economic growth and elitism. This new edition includes a chapter on the recent developments of the military's foray into the media, and a new preface.

Fighting to the End

Fighting to the End
Author: C. Christine Fair
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 369
Release: 2014
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 0199892709

The Pakistan Army is poised for perpetual conflict with India which it cannot win militarily or politically. What explains Pakistan's persistent revisionism despite increasing costs and decreasing likelihood of success? This book argues that an understanding of the army's strategic culture explains its willingness to fight to the end

Pakistan's Drift into Extremism

Pakistan's Drift into Extremism
Author: Hassan Abbas
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 305
Release: 2015-03-26
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1317463285

This book examines the rise of religious extremism in Pakistan, particularly since 1947, and analyzes its connections to the Pakistani army's corporate interests and U.S.-Pakistan relations. It includes profiles of leading Pakistani militant groups with details of their origins, development, and capabilities. The author begins with an historical overview of the introduction of Islam to the Indian sub-continent in 712 AD, and brings the story up to the present by describing President Musharraf's handling of the war on terror. He provides a detailed account of the political developments in Pakistan since 1947 with a focus on the influence of religious and military forces. He also discusses regional politics, Pakistan's attempt to gain nuclear power status, and U.S.-Pakistan relations, and offers predictions for Pakistan's domestic and regional prospects.

We've Learnt Nothing from History

We've Learnt Nothing from History
Author: M. Asghar Khan
Publisher:
Total Pages: 324
Release: 2012-02-11
Genre:
ISBN: 9780199064847

In this book, Air Marshal (Retired) M. Asghar Khan presents an insider's view of Pakistan's struggle for democracy from the 1960s to the present. The book expounds on the early entry of Pakistan's armed forces into the country's politics and the author's opposition to military rule that beganin 1968 with the Movement for the Restoration of Democracy. This movement resulted in the ouster of President Muhammad Ayub Khan in 1969 after eleven years of military rule. The author describes his continued opposition to autocratic and dictatorial rule, especially General Yahya Khan's policy ofbrutal suppression through military action in East Pakistan. He also recounts his strong criticism of the General's refusal to hand over power to Sheikh Mujibur Rehman and the Awami League - winners of the first-ever free and fair general elections held in Pakistan.The author recalls Zulfikar Ali Bhutto's rise to political power during the 1970s, and General Ziaul Haq's dogmatic and iron-fisted military rule during the 1980s, and elaborates on some pertinent features of Pakistan's domestic and international situation. The book concludes with the author'sassessment of General Pervez Musharraf's five years in power consequent upon the re-entry of the armed forces in the country's politics in 1999, after a brief and tumultuous interlude with democracy.

Pakistan

Pakistan
Author: Husain Haqqani
Publisher: Carnegie Endowment
Total Pages: 413
Release: 2010-03-10
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0870032852

Among U.S. allies in the war against terrorism, Pakistan cannot be easily characterized as either friend or foe. Nuclear-armed Pakistan is an important center of radical Islamic ideas and groups. Since 9/11, the selective cooperation of president General Pervez Musharraf in sharing intelligence with the United States and apprehending al Qaeda members has led to the assumption that Pakistan might be ready to give up its longstanding ties with radical Islam. But Pakistan's status as an Islamic ideological state is closely linked with the Pakistani elite's worldview and the praetorian ambitions of its military. This book analyzes the origins of the relationships between Islamist groups and Pakistan's military, and explores the nation's quest for identity and security. Tracing how the military has sought U.S. support by making itself useful for concerns of the moment—while continuing to strengthen the mosque-military alliance within Pakistan—Haqqani offers an alternative view of political developments since the country's independence in 1947.

Inside the Pakistan Army

Inside the Pakistan Army
Author: Carey Schofield
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Pakistan
ISBN: 9781906447021

Schofield spent five years with the Pakistan army, accompanying them on maneuvers and getting to know key figures from junior soldiers to Kayani himself. For five years, she travelled everywhere with them. They even had a uniform made for her. "Inside the Pakistan Army" is the truth about the army's vital role as an ally in the war.

Civil-military Relations In Pakistan

Civil-military Relations In Pakistan
Author: Saeed Shafqat
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 247
Release: 2019-08-16
Genre: History
ISBN: 0429723377

Taking an explicitly comparative theoretical approach, Saeed Shafqat presents a comprehensive exploration of civil-military relations in Pakistan. He begins by describing the history of military hegemony in this volatile South Asian country and then examines the breakdown of military control, assessing the rise of the Pakistan People's Party and th