States, Organizations, and Warmaking: Pakistani Exceptionalism in Comparative Perspective

A review essay covering books by 1) C. Christine Fair, Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army's Way of War (2014), 2) Ayesha Jalal, The Struggle for Pakistan: A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics (2014) and 3) T.V. Paul, The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World (2013).

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Published inPerspectives on Politics Vol. 13; no. 4; pp. 1103 - 1112
Main Author Shah, Aqil
Format Book Review Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge Cambridge University Press 01.12.2015
Subjects
Armed forces
Authoritarianism
Comparative politics
Coups d'etat
Democracy
Democratization
Essays
Exceptionalism
Globalization
Institutionalism
International relations
National security
Politics
Review Essay
Sociology
Theory
Pakistan
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Summary:A review essay covering books by 1) C. Christine Fair, Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army's Way of War (2014), 2) Ayesha Jalal, The Struggle for Pakistan: A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics (2014) and 3) T.V. Paul, The Warrior State: Pakistan in the Contemporary World (2013).
ISSN:1537-5927
1541-0986
DOI:10.1017/S1537592715002388