Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military

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Author: Husain Haqqani

ISBN-10: 0870032143

ISBN-13: 9780870032141

Category: Asia - Political Biography

Among U.S. allies in the war against terrorism, Pakistan cannot be easily characterized as either friend or foe. Nuclear-armed Pakistan is an important center of radical Islamic ideas and groups. Since 9/11, the selective cooperation of president General Pervez Musharraf in sharing intelligence with the United States and apprehending al Qaeda members has led to the assumption that Pakistan might be ready to give up its longstanding ties with radical Islam. But Pakistan's status as an Islamic...

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Tracing political developments in Pakistan from the deliberately vague ideological justifications the Muslim League's Muhhamad Ali Jinnah employed in calling for the formation of Pakistan to the present time, Haqqani (a former advisor to three Pakistani prime ministers and now a professor of international relations at Boston U.) analyzes the uneasy political alliance between the military and Islamists that has developed over the years and now poses unique challenges for the American "War on Terror" and relations with South Asia. Distributed in the US by Brookings Institution Press. Annotation ©2005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR Commentary, December 2005 - Alex Alexiev "[F]our years after 9/11, Pakistan remains a major breeding ground of Islamist fanaticism and terror. For gaining a grasp of the situation and its implications for the United States, there may be no better place to begin than Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military. . . . Haqqani brings impressive credentials to the task of analyzing his native land. . . . this is an outstanding book on a subject that could not be more timely."

Foreword1Introduction : identity and ideology12Defending ideological frontiers513Old and new Pakistan874From Islamic republic to Islamic state1315Afghan jihad1596Military rule by other means1997Jihad without borders2618Conclusion : from ideological to functional state311The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace