Crossed Swords: Pakistan, its Army, and the Wars Within

by Nawaz

Overview

Based on 30 years of research and analysis, this definitive book is a profound, multi-layered, and historical analysis of the nature and role of the Pakistan Army in the country's polity as well as its turbulent relationship with the United States. Shuja Nawaz examines the army and Pakistan in times of both peace and war. Using several hitherto unpublished materials from the archives of the United States, the United Kingdom, and the General Headquarters of the Pakistan Army, as well as interviews with key military and political figures in Pakistan and the United States, he sheds light not only on the Pakistan Army and its US connections but also on Pakistan as a key Muslim country in one of the world's toughest neighbourhoods. In doing so, he lays bare key facts about Pakistan's numerous wars with India and its many rounds of political musical chairs, as well as the Kargil conflict of 1999. He then draws lessons from this history that may help Pakistan end its wars within and create a stable political entity.

This second edition comprises an updated preface which summarizes the period of tumult and the significant transformation that both Pakistan and its army have undergone in the last decade.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780199405671
Publisher:	Oxford University Press
Publication date:	06/12/2018
Edition description:	2nd ed.
Pages:	700
Product dimensions:	9.10(w) x 6.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Shuja Nawaz, a native of Pakistan, is currently a distinguished fellow at the Atlantic Council's South Asia Center in Washington DC. He was the Center's founding director from 2009-2014.

As a political and strategic analyst, Nawaz writes for leading newspapers and websites, and speaks on current topics before civic groups, at think tanks, and on radio and television worldwide. He has worked with RAND, the United States Institute of Peace, the Center for Strategic and International Studies, and other leading think tanks on projects dealing with Pakistan and the Middle East. He has also advised or briefed senior government and military officials and parliamentarians in the United States, Europe, and Pakistan.

Shuja Nawaz was educated at Gordon College, Rawalpindi, where he obtained a BA in economics and English literature and the Graduate School of Journalism of Columbia University in New York.

Shuja Nawas is author of Crossed Swords: Pakistan, its Army, and the Wars Within (Oxford University Press 2008). He is also the principal author of FATA: A Most Dangerous Place (CSIS, Washington DC January 2009), Pakistan in the Danger Zone: A Tenuous US-Pakistan Relationship (Atlantic Council 2010), Learning by Doing: The Pakistan Army's Experience with Counterinsurgency (Atlantic Council 2011), and with Mohan Guruswamy, India-Pakistan: The Opportunity Cost of Conflict (Atlantic Council 2014).

Table of Contents

List of Maps List of Photographs List of Acronyms Preface to the Second Edition Preface and Acknowledgements Dramatis Personae Introduction: From 786 to the Age of Terror
1. In History Bound2. A Difficult Birth3. The First Kashmir War4. The Legacy of Conflict: Chaos and Ambitions5. Courting Uncle Sam6. Things Fall Apart7. The First Coup8. Martial Law and the Search for Legitimacy9. Wars and Consequences10. September 1965 and Ayub's Fall11. Untied Pakistan: How to Break Up a Country12. Wars and Consequences Redux13. Bhutto Rules14. Guardians of the Faith15. The Troika's Musical Chairs16. Systemic Failures: The Wars Within17. The Liberal Autocrat18. Today and Tomorrow
Appendices: 1. Timeline: Key Events-Pakistan and Its Army 2. Primary Sources 595 3. Investigation into the Death of General Asif Nawaz Select Bibliography Index