Recent Books on Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan

Recent Books on Civil-Military Relations in Pakistan

by Aqil Shah, John H. Gill, Hasan Askari Rizvi, C. Christine Fair, Marvin G. Weinbaum, and T.V. Paul
January 15, 2015

Reviews of three recent books on civil-military relations in Pakistan are followed be response essays from the authors.

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Reviews of three recent books on civil-military relations in Pakistan are followed by response essays from the authors.

Aqil Shah’s The Army and Democracy: Military Politics in Pakistan
Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 2014
ISBN: 978-0-67-472893-6 (hardcover)

T.V. Paul’s The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World
New York: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 978-0-19-932223-7 (hardcover)

C. Christine Fair’s Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army’s Way of War
New York: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 978-0-19-989270-9 (hardcover)


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