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Crossed swords : Pakistan, its army, and the wars within

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Publication details: Oxford Oxford University Press 2008Description: 6559 xlivISBN:
  • 9780195476606
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 320.954910 NAW
Contents:
Table of contents PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; LIST OF MAPS ; LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS ; DRAMATIS PERSONAE ; INTRODUCTION ; 1. In History Bound ; 2. Enter the British ; 3. The Army of the Raj ; 4. A Difficult Birth ; 5. The First Kashmir War ; 6. The Legacy of Conflict: Chaos and Ambitions ; 7. Courting Uncle Sam ; 8. Things Fall Apart ; 9. The First Coup ; 10. Martial Law and the Search for Legitimacy ; 11. Wars and Consequences ; 12. September 65 and Ayubs Fall ; 13. Untied PakistanHow to Break-Up a Country ; 14. Wars and Consequences ; 15. Bhutto Rules ; 16. Guardians of the Faith ; 17. The Troikas Musical Chairs ; 18. Systemic Failures: The Wars Within ; 19. The Liberal Autocrat ; 20. Today and Tomorrow ; APPENDICES: ; 1. Timeline: Key Events Pakistan and Its Army ; 2. Primary Sources ; 3. Death of an Army Chief ; 4. Two anonymous letters about death of General Asif Nawaz ; 5. Copy of original test result of General Nawaz's hair sample ; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX
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Table of contents
PREFACE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS;
LIST OF MAPS ;
LIST OF PHOTOGRAPHS ;
DRAMATIS PERSONAE ;
INTRODUCTION ;
1. In History Bound ;
2. Enter the British ;
3. The Army of the Raj ;
4. A Difficult Birth ;
5. The First Kashmir War ;
6. The Legacy of Conflict: Chaos and Ambitions ;
7. Courting Uncle Sam ;
8. Things Fall Apart ;
9. The First Coup ;
10. Martial Law and the Search for Legitimacy ;
11. Wars and Consequences ;
12. September 65 and Ayubs Fall ;
13. Untied PakistanHow to Break-Up a Country ;
14. Wars and Consequences ;
15. Bhutto Rules ;
16. Guardians of the Faith ;
17. The Troikas Musical Chairs ;
18. Systemic Failures: The Wars Within ;
19. The Liberal Autocrat ;
20. Today and Tomorrow ;
APPENDICES: ;
1. Timeline: Key Events Pakistan and Its Army ;
2. Primary Sources ;
3. Death of an Army Chief ;
4. Two anonymous letters about death of General Asif Nawaz ;
5. Copy of original test result of General Nawaz's hair sample ;
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY ;
INDEX