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 Nawazs hair sample ; SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY ; INDEX
SHUJA NAWAZ was a newscaster and current affairs producer with Pakistan Television from 1967 to 1972. He covered the 1971 war with India on the Western front. A graduate of Gordon College, Rawalpindi and the Graduate School of Journalism of Columbia University, he has worked as a journalist for The New York Times and the World Health Organization, and as a Division Chief at the International Monetary Fund and as a Director of the International Atomic Energy Agency. He has also been Editor of Finance & Development, the multilingual quarterly of the IMF and the World Bank, and has written and spoken widely on military and politico-economic issues. He lives in Alexandria, Virginia.
To understand Pakistan you need to understand the army and to understand the army you need to read this book Owen Bennett-Jones, BBC Shuja Nawaz has used his considerable expertise to delve deep into the Pakistan Army. The result is an insightful study of an institution that has been, and remains, the center of gravity in Pakistan. This superbly researched book comes at a critical time in Pakistans history. A must read to understand the past and the ongoing events. General Jehangir Karamat, Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan. 1996-98 At a time of crisis and peril for Pakistan, this ground breaking book offers unprecedented information about and provides unique insights into the countrys most important and powerful institution. Nawaz opens new ground on the army that has ruled Pakistan for half its political life. The army wields immense power in troubled Pakistan. Nawaz explains why and how in the most well researched and lucidly written book of its kind. Ahmed Rashid, author of Taliban, and Jihad: the Rise of Militant Islam in Central Asia
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