Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military
✍ Scribed by Haqqani, Husain(Contributor);Ḥaqqānī, Ḥusain
- Publisher
- Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Brookings Institution Press
- Year
- 2005;2010
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 413
- Category
- Library
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✦ Synopsis
"This book analyzes the origins of the relationships between Islamist groups and Pakistan's military, and explores Pakistan's quest for identity and security. Tracing how the Pakistani military has sought U.S. support by making itself useful for concerns of the moment, author Husain Haqqani offers an alternative view of political developments in Pakistan since the country's independence in 1947"--Provided by publisher.
✦ Table of Contents
Front Cover --
Title Page --
Table of Contents --
Chapter 1. Introduction: Identity and Ideology --
Chapter 2. Defending Ideological Frontiers --
Chapter 3. Old and New Pakistan --
Chapter 4. From Islamic Republic to Islamic State --
Chapter 5. Afghan Jihad --
Chapter 6. Military Rule by Other Means --
Chapter 7. Jihad without Borders --
Chapter 8. Conclusion: From Ideological to Functional State --
Index.
✦ Subjects
Cultural;Pakistan;History;Politics;Nonfiction;India;War;Military Fiction;Religion;Islam
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