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Rethinking the national security of Pakistan : the price of strategic myopia / Ahmad Faruqui.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Faruqui, Ahmad.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- National security--Pakistan.
- National security.
- Military policy.
- Defenses.
- Pakistan.
- Pakistan--Defenses.
- Pakistan--Military policy.
- Physical Description:
- xxix, 190 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, [2003]
- Contents:
- Prologue: Pakistan's Unceasing Predicament xv
- Historical Backdrop xv
- Recent Events xviii
- Musharraf's Decision Making Process xx
- Pakistan's Unstinted Co-operation xxi
- How did Pakistan Negotiate? xxii
- Selling Pakistan Short? xxiv
- The Sudden Collapse of the Taliban xxvi
- South Asia 3
- Summary of the Major Wars 5
- The Impact of Defense Spending 7
- The Soft Path to National Security 10
- 2 The Clash in Kargil 13
- The Incursion into Kargil 13
- The Steep Price of Withdrawal 15
- The Downing of the Atlantique 16
- 3 The Political Economy of Militarism 19
- The Rise of the Oligarchs 21
- Military Rule 22
- General (Field Marshal) Mohammad Ayub Khan 23
- General Agha Muhammad Yahya Khan 25
- Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto 26
- General Mohammad Zia-ul-Haq 28
- Benazir Bhutto 31
- Nawaz Sharif 33
- General Pervez Musharraf 35
- 4 Premises in National Security Policy 41
- Fear of India 41
- Optimism about Allied Co-operation 47
- Optimism about its Military Capabilities 48
- 5 Warfighting Effectiveness 51
- Order of Battle 51
- Pakistan's Military Successes 52
- Military Failures 54
- Failures in the Higher Direction of War 55
- The 1965 War 56
- The 1971 War 58
- Failure to Co-ordinate Infantry-Armor Operations 60
- Failure to Co-ordinate Army-Air-Navy Operations 62
- 6 Evaluating General Niazi 67
- 7 India's Security Policy and Combat Effectiveness 71
- India's Security Policy 71
- Military Successes 73
- Military Failures 75
- 8 Emerging Tensions with China 79
- Roots of the Sino-Pakistani Relationship 79
- China's New Foreign Policy 84
- Disequilibrium in the Sino-Pakistani Relationship 86
- Scenarios of the Future 91
- 9 The Fallacy of Nuclear Deterrence 99
- Threat Perceptions and Nuclear Doctrine 101
- The Conventional Balance of Power 103
- Increase in Indian Defense Budget 105
- The Nuclear Balance of Power 105
- Projecting the Nuclear Balance 107
- The Deterrence Trap 108
- 10 An Integrated Approach to National Security 113
- 11 Resolving the Conflict over Kashmir 119
- Underlying Strategic Interests 120
- Recent Events 121
- Analyzing the Options 121
- Elements of a Winning Solution 122
- Building a Peace Process 123
- Phase I Jump-starting the Peace Process 125
- Phase II Defusing Tensions along the LoC 126
- Phase III Defusing Tensions inside Kashmir 126
- Phase IV Searching for a Peaceful Solution 126
- Phase V Choosing and Implementing a Peaceful Solution 127
- 12 Organizational Reform in the Military 131
- 13 The Long View of Pakistan's Economic Prospects 139
- A Grim Future for Pakistan and a Bright Future for India? 141
- Pakistan's Economic History 143
- Pakistan's Economy in 2001 146
- Alternative Futures for Pakistan 148
- 14 Reducing Military Expenditures 153
- The Lure of Defense Spending 153
- The Peace Dividend 156
- Optimal Force Levels 159
- 15 International Experiences with Disarmament 165
- Economic Benefits 167
- The US Experience 167
- The Russian Experience 168
- The Chinese Experience 169
- The German Experience 170
- The United Kingdom Experience 171.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-184) and index.
- ISBN:
- 0754614972
- OCLC:
- 48920485
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