A History Of The Pakistan Army

Author : Brian Cloughley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781634505017
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Pakistan Army written by Brian Cloughley and published by . This book was released on 2015-09 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An in-depth study of the Pakistan Army from an expert with on-the-ground experience. The army of Pakistan was formed in 1947 when Pakistan and India became independent of Britain. Since then, there have been three periods of army-led military rule in Pakistan, totaling thirty-five years, when democracy was crushed by a string of military dictators. Brian Cloughley knew two of the military dictators and writes of them with first-hand knowledge of their characters. He was personally acquainted with every Chief of Army Staff from 1980 to 2014. The army is not proud of the part it played in suppression of democracy, and although it acquitted itself honorably in wars against India, it displayed considerable brutality in suppressing separatists in the Eastern Wing of the country in the period before the 1971 war with India that resulted in the creation of Bangladesh. These excesses are described in this book, but there is general confidence that the army is now determined to support democracy and will continue to perform its critical mission of combating internal militancy as well as being prepared to defend the country's borders. A History of the Pakistan Army is essential reading for anyone interested in understanding the nuanced and ongoing conflicts playing out in this volatile region.

Author : Brian Cloughley
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 468 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Pakistan Army written by Brian Cloughley and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2000 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author gives a candid, no-holds-barred account of the Pakistan army. He describes its evolution, its brutal suppression of the former East Wing (now Bangladesh), the events leading to the overthrow of Prime Minister Bhutto in 1977, and other dramatic episodes. This new edition contains an additional chapter which describes the dramatic resignation of the Army Chief in 1998 (giving his hitherto unpublished reasons), and the intrusion into Indian-administered territory in Kashmir by Pakistan-backed militants in 1999. The author makes use of information provided by senior foreign officials as well as highly-placed Indian and Pakistani sources.

Author : C. Christine Fair
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0199892709
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Fighting to the End written by C. Christine Fair and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2014 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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

Author : Carey Schofield
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781906447021
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Inside the Pakistan Army written by Carey Schofield and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Shuja Nawaz
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 726 pages
Book Rating : 4.07/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Crossed Swords written by Shuja Nawaz and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2008 with total page 726 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Based on 30 years of research and analysis, this definitive book is a profound, multi-layered, and historical analysis of the nature and role of the Pakistan army in the country's polity as well as its turbulent relationship with the United States. Shuja Nawaz examines the army and Pakistan in both peace and war. Using many hitherto unpublished materials from the archives of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the General Headquarters of the Pakistan Army, as well as interviews with key military and political figures in Pakistan and the United States, he sheds light not only on the Pakistan Army and its US connections but also on Pakistan as a key Muslim country in one of the world's toughest neighborhoods. In doing so, he lays bare key facts about Pakistan's numerous wars with India and its many rounds of political musical chairs, as well as the Kargil conflict of 1999. He then draws lessons from this history that may help Pakistan end its wars within and create a stabler political entity. Visit http://www.shujanawaz.com for more information about Shuja Nawaz.

Author : H. Rizvi
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 0230599044
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.48/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Military, State and Society in Pakistan written by H. Rizvi and published by Springer. This book was released on 2000-05-15 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a comprehensive study of the dynamics of civil-military relations in Pakistan. It asks how and why the Pakistan military has acquired such a salience in the polity and how it continues to influence decision-making on foreign and security policies and key domestic political, social and economic issues. It also examines the changes within the military, the impact of these changes on its disposition towards the state and society, and the implications for peace and security in nuclearized South Asia.

Author : Husain Haqqani
Publisher : Carnegie Endowment
ISBN 13 : 0870032852
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pakistan written by Husain Haqqani and published by Carnegie Endowment. This book was released on 2010-03-10 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Aqil Shah
Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674728939
Total Pages : 416 pages
Book Rating : 4.36/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Army and Democracy written by Aqil Shah and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-29 with total page 416 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Hassan Abbas
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317463285
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Pakistan's Drift into Extremism written by Hassan Abbas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Agha Amin
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781546613145
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book History of Pakistan Army - Volume One- 1757 to 1948-Low Cost Black and White written by Agha Amin and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2017-05-11 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the history of the post 1947 Pakistan Army as seen through the eyes of an officer who served in this army for a certain period of time. Unlike many books it is not an attempt to glorify an organisation. It does not aim to prove that one religion is better than another is or one country is more pure than another is, while the other is an evil state. It does not project any party or political leader like many post 1958, post 1971 or post 1977 works pertaining to the history of the Pakistan Army do. There are no silent soldiers or visionary soldiers, projected as heroes, as has been done in many post 1988 books, financed off course by dirty money of US dollars siphoned off from the Afghan war! There are however some forgotten or neglected heroes, which this book seeks to, rehabilitate or at least endeavour to restore them to their rightful position. The prime motivation to write this book was disgust with deliberate distortion of history, to a lesser or greater degree in both Pakistan and India. The Indian military history situation is far better than Pakistan because a democratic system ensured that the Indian Army officers were more free to write critical accounts of all three wars, a right which was denied to their Pakistani counterparts by two paper tiger soldiers who not only destroyed all political institutions in Pakistan, but also inflicted incalculable loss on the army as an institution. Ironically a substantial part of Pakistani military history has been distorted by the negative effects of the deliberate efforts of military and civilian dictators who usurped power from 1958 to 1988, three fateful decades, which disrupted intellectual growth of the Pakistani nation and ensured that no progress is made in real intellectual terms in anything to do with history. When freedom of opinion was destroyed and intellectual growth was suffocated under able sycophantic civil servants and army officers in the role of intellectual watchdogs of Ayub Zia and Bhntto regimes. A significant part of the work deals with the various myths and misconception pertaining to Indo Muslim political and military history. Unfortunately modern authors without sufficient scrutiny accepted many of these mvths, and resultantly many 0f these myths have acquired the status of reliable and irrefutable facts. Since the Pakistan Army like the Indian Army is essentially the continuation of the old British Indian Army, an effort has been made to highlight the formative and decisive influence of the colonial heritage on the post 1947 performance of both the armies. In this regard an attempt has been made to analyse the failures and successes of the post 1947 army in relation to the pre 1947 British operational and tactical concepts.