Pakistan's Security under Zia, 19771988 : The Policy Imperatives of a Peripheral Asian State

Wirsing, Robert G.

Palgrave Macmillan（2014/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 216 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781349129058
• DDC分類 327

Full Description

Explores the impact of events, under the rule of General Zia between 1977-88, on Pakistan's external security policy. These developments drastically reshaped the regional security environment. The book is based largely on field visits and interviews with key individuals.

Contents

Part 1 The security environment - introductory perspectivesinternational strategic context; the domestic political context; the debate over security policy; the argument of this book. Part 2 The war in Afghanistan - the interventionist imperative: the reasons for intervention; Pakistan's Afghan war policy; Pakistan's refugee policy; the refugee issue in Pakistan's domestic policies; Pakistan and the Afghan resistance movement; the Geneva Settlement. Part 3 The arms race with India - the nuclear imperative: the military threat from India; nonnuclear alternatives; the nuclear alternative. Part 4 The Siachen Glacier territorial dispute with India - the irredentist imperative: the territorial issues; the military- strategic context; Pakistan's counterboundary policy in Kashmir. Part 5 The persistence of insecurity.