Physical Description:print xliv, 655 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Publisher:Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2008.
Content descriptions
General Note:
Includes an index.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references: p. [608]-619.
Formatted Contents Note:
In history bound -- A difficult birth -- The first Kashmir war -- The legacy of conflict : chaos and ambitions -- Courting Uncle Sam -- Things fall apart -- The first coup -- Martial law and the search for legitimacy -- Wars and consequences -- September 1965 and Ayub's fall -- United Pakistan : how to break up a country -- Wars and consequences redux -- Bhutto rules -- Guardians of the faith -- The troika's musical chairs -- Systemic failures : the wars within -- The liberal autocrat -- Today and tomorrow.