Nawaz, Shuja

Crossed swords : Pakistan, its army, and the wars within / Shuja Nawaz - 2nd ed. - Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2017 - 653 p.

1. In history bound
2. A difficult birth
3. The first Kashmir war
4. The legacy of conflict: chaos and ambitions
5. Courting Uncle Sam
6. Things fall apart
7. The first coup
8. Martial law and the search for legitimacy
9. Wars and consequences
10. September 1965 and Ayub’s fall
11. United Pakistan: how to break up a country
12. Wars and consequences Redux
13. Bhutto rules
14. Guardians of the faith
15. The troika’s musical chairs
16. Systemic failures: The wars within
17. The liberal autocrat
18. Today and tomorrow


9780199405671 (pbk)


Economics--Pakistan Politics and government--Pakistan--Army Armed Forces--Political activity--United States--Diplomatic relations

320.9549 / N23