Pakistan : between mosque and military
Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Carnegie Endowment for International Peace : c2005Description: xi, 397 p. mapISBN: 9780870032141 (pbk.); 0870032143 (pbk.); 0870032232 (cloth); 9780870032233 (cloth)Subject(s): Civil-military relations | Islam and politicsDDC classification: 322.509549 Summary: "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. 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.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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322.4409545 MOH/A The Akali movement | 322.50954 RSY/A Soldier and the state | 322.50954 WIL/A Army and nation : the military and Indian democracy since independence | 322.509549 Pakistan : between mosque and military | 322.5095491 AYE/M Military Inc : inside Pakistan's military economy | 323 ASH/E Emerging Dimensions of Human Rights | 323 BAX/F Future of human rights |
"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.
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.
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