The Armed Forces of Pakistan

by Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema

Overview

To the north an extended civil war in Afghanistan fueled by arms from Russia and the US. To the west a fundamentalist Islamic region in Iran with links to international terrorism. To the northeast a secessionist guerilla war in Kashmir. To the east, India, with which Pakistan has fought two wars in forty years. In these volatile circumstances, Pakistan’s armed forces continue to play an important role both internally and externally.
Since their creation out of the communal violence of partition at the end of WWII, the armed forces of Pakistan have played a central role in the Pakistan state, periodically usurping the civil authority and ruling in its own right. The Armed Forces of Pakistan describes the nature of Pakistan’s defense capabilities and the forces which will shape them in the twenty-first century. It surveys the forces locked in conflict over the nuclear option and examines the three internal pressures Pakistan continues to face—militarization, secularization, and Islamic fundamentalism.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780814716335
Publisher:	New York University Press
Publication date:	02/01/2003
Pages:	220
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Pervaiz Iqbal Cheema was the Director General of the Academy of Educational Planning and management at the Pakistan Department of Education and is now based in the South Asia Institute at Heidelberg University.

What People are Saying About This

From the Publisher

“The distinguished Pakistani scholar, . . . provides a work that invites comparison with the Turkish situation since before World War II.”
-The Journal of Military History

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“The study sheds light on three domestic pressures facing Pakistan: militarization, secularization, and Islamic fundamentalism.”
-Middle East Journal

Editorial Reviews

"The study sheds light on three domestic pressures facing Pakistan: militarization, secularization, and Islamic fundamentalism."

Middle East Journal

"The distinguished Pakistani scholar, . . . provides a work that invites comparison with the Turkish situation since before World War II."

The Journal of Military History

The distinguished Pakistani scholar, . . . provides a work that invites comparison with the Turkish situation since before World War II.”
-The Journal of Military History

“The study sheds light on three domestic pressures facing Pakistan: militarization, secularization, and Islamic fundamentalism.”
-Middle East Journal

From the Publisher