A History of the Pakistan Army: Wars and Insurrections (Oxford Pakistan paperbacks) - Softcover

Cloughley, Brian

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0195795075 ISBN 13: 9780195795073

Publisher: OUP Pakistan, 2000

Synopsis

The author gives a candid, no holds barred account of the Pakistan army. He describes its evolution, its brutal suppresion of the former East Wing (now Bangladesh), the events leading to the overthrow of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1977, and other dramatic episodes in brisk and telling language. This new edition of the book contains a chapter which describess the dramatic resignation of the Army Chief in 1998 (giving his hitherto unpublished personal reasons), and the intrusion into Indian-administered territory in Kashmir by Pakistan-backed militants in 1999. The author makes use of the information provided by senior foreign officials as well as highly placed Indian and Pakistani sources.

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Review

"elegantly written book ... the detailed accounts of the deployments of Indian and Pakistani forces in the various fronts and sectors of the battlefield represent military history at its best." -- Ian Talbot, TLS 24/9/99

From the Author

There is an updated new edition, published in February 2000.
Professor Ian Talbot reviewed the book in the Times Literary Supplement and disagreed with a lot of my opinions but also said that it was "elegantly written" and that the descriptions of the wars were "military history at its best." I think you will find that the new edition is a good read, as it describes events from the resignation of General Karamat (with personal recollections from him) to the Kargil affair, and then, at the last moment, the army takeover on October 12 1999. There is a lot of new information, and I hope you enjoy reading the book.

Edition details

• Publisher: OUP Pakistan
• Publication date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0195795075
• ISBN 13: 9780195795073
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 450