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Author Nawaz, Shuja.

Title Crossed swords : Pakistan, its army, and the wars within / Shuja Nawaz.

Publication Info. Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2008.

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 Moore Stacks  DS384 .N35 2008    Available  ---
Description xliv, 655 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 608-619) and index.
Contents In history bound -- A difficult birth -- The first Kashmir war -- The legacy of conflict : chaos and ambitions -- Courting Uncle Sam -- Things fall apart -- The first coup -- Martial law and the search for legitimacy -- Wars and consequences -- September 1965 and Ayub's fall -- United Pakistan : how to break up a country -- Wars and consequences redux -- Bhutto rules -- Guardians of the faith -- The troika's musical chairs -- Systemic failures : the wars within -- The liberal autocrat -- Today and tomorrow.
Subject Pakistan -- Politics and government.
Pakistan.
Politics and government.
Pakistan. Army -- Political activity.
Pakistan. Army.
Political participation.
ISBN 9780195476606
0195476603