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Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army's Way of War Hardcover – 19 Jun 2014

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Pakistan's army has dominated the state for most of its 66 years. It has locked the country in an enduring rivalry with India to revise the maps in Kashmir and to resist India's slow but inevitable rise. To prosecute these dangerous policies, the army employs non-state actors under the security of its ever-expanding nuclear umbrella. The Pakistan army started three wars with India over Kashmir in 1947, 1965, and 1999 and failed to win any of them. It has sustained a proxy war in Kashmir since 1989 using Islamist militants, some of whom have now turned their guns against the Pakistani state. The Pakistan army has supported non-Islamist insurgencies throughout India as well as a country-wide Islamist terror campaign that have brought the two countries to the brink of war on several occasions. Despite Pakistan's efforts to coerce India, it has only achieved modest successes. Even though India vivisected Pakistan in 1971, Pakistan continues to see itself as India's equal and demands the world do the same. The tools that the army prefers to use, non-state actors under a nuclear umbrella, has brought international opprobrium upon the country and the army. In recent years, erstwhile proxies have turned their gun on the Pakistani state itself and its peoples. Why does the army persist in pursuing these revisionist policies that have come to imperil the very viability of the state itself, from which the army feeds? This volume argues that the answer lies, at least partially, in the strategic culture of the army. From the army's distorted view of history, the army is victorious as long as can resist India's purported hegemony and the territorial status quo. To acquiesce is defeat. Because the army is unlikely to abandon these preferences, the world must prepare for an ever more dangerous future Pakistan.

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she concentrates on the international dimensions of the policies pursued by the Pakistani army and the implications that this has forregional and international security. (Katharine Adeney, Political Studies Review)

A provocative but historically justified look at the security narrative scribed and fiercely protected by the Pakistan military since its 1947 inception. (Thomas F. Lynch III, Book of the year 2014, The War on the Rocks)

Fairs book, based on a meticulous analysis of literature published by Pakistans military, persuasively demonstrates that the delusions of grandeur which drive the countrys security establishment are rooted in fatal distortions of history. (Kapil Komireddi, Book of the year 2014, New Republic)

the book represents a valuable contribution to the literature. It has been deeply and thoroughly researched, with an extensive analysis of the official documents of the Pakistan army previously overlooked by scholarship on the subject. (Filippo Boni, Commonwealth and Comparative Politics)

a very important work which should be made available to as wide an audience as possible (R. F. Rosner, The Royal Society for Asian Affairs)

Christine Fair has produced the definitive intellectual biography of the Pakistan army, which will be necessary reading for anyone interested in the country or South Asia as a whole. (Walter C. Ladwig III, War in History Book)

About the Author

C. Christine Fair is an Assistant Professor in the Security Studies Program within Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. She previously served as a senior political scientist with the RAND Corporation, a political officer with the United Nations Assistance Mission to Afghanistan in Kabul, and a senior research associate at USIP's Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention. Her research focuses on political and military affairs in South Asia.

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Hardcover: 368 pages
Publisher: Oxford; 1 edition (19 June 2014)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0199892709
ISBN-13: 978-0199892709
Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 3.3 x 16.5 cm
Customer Reviews: 61 customer reviews
Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #4,55,961 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
- #1879 in International Relations
- #1147 in Public Policy
- #806 in Military Sciences

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LK V ramesh

Masterly work of a scholar

9 December 2018

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Know your enemy. That's the oldest maxim. Its easy for an average Indian to foam at the mouth when the word Pakistan is mentioned and its continuous acts of perfidy. But in the eyes of Pakistan and its Army it has always won all the wars, it initiated against India. While the average Indian may wonder how is that, Christine Fair goes in depth and explains why it is so, what is the historical basis on which this theme recurs, why America is seen as the biggest villain in Pakistani history in spite of its earlier support, etc.

With extensive documentation including Pakistani Army journals and the "Green Book" which is extensively quoted , Fair shows that as far as Pakistan is concerned it is right and whatever it does is the "correct way of doing things in the context of Islam" as it sees itself as the first and last bastion of Islam . The civil-military disconnect is also examined in detail and it's clear that the Army has time and again projected itself as the one and only alternative when it comes to leadership.

Though not an easy read, I would still ask the average person to go through right to the end and understand the main reason as to why the Pakistani Army has repeatedly indulged in misadventures and still calls them a victory in spite of the world believing otherwise.

This is a masterly work from a scholar and heavily recommended for anyone who wants to know about the topic.

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M. S. R.

a must read for anyone interested in South Asian politics.

13 February 2015

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Meticulously researched and sometimes too much academic, Fair's analysis explains most of the Pakistan's irrational decisions since independence. Contrary to my expectation, the book is not just about Pak army. It also touches upon other important historical issues which remain relevant today - like the circumstances of Pak's creation, legacy of British Raj and British policies, nuclear proliferation, relationship with Afghan, US and China. Fair contrasts historic events and Pak's way of seeing them.

One of my favorite parts was when Fair writes about US teaching Pak how to tackle communist guerrilla warfare in the 1960s. Pak analysts start thinking how they will use the same guerrilla techniques to 'liberate' what they see as 'India occupied Kashmir'.

Fair also discusses the various kinds Islamist terrorist groups operating in Pakistan. They are not an monolithic entity, are not centrally organised and not all are state/ISI controlled. She debunks the popular myth and shows that Pak state's use of Islamist terror proxies precedes the Soviet invasion and US/Saudi financing. Her conclusions, backed up by solid research - are not something to be happy about. Nuclear-ised Pak's civilisational hatred for 'Hindu' India, will lead to many more conflicts/terrorist attacks in future.

Shortcomings of this book: doesn't elaborate on Pak's relations with China and Gulf Monarchies. Gulf Princes have been buying land, bailing out Pak, providing refuge to exiles, hunting endangered birds, and talk about renting Pak's nuke to balance Israel or Iran's nukes.
Also, it does not talk about how Pak army has become a landowning class and has wide business interests. Not all Pak officers spend time thinking about strategic issues.

Took one * because of Amazon's amazing delivery service, sending the product via India Post. I don't live in Central Africa but it took them 25 days to deliver this.

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Smarth Bali

An Academic's Delight

26 May 2019

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This is a thesis masquerading as a book.

If at all there is a definitive book that delves deep into the psyche of the Pakistan army and lays it is bare, it is this one. What surprised me about the book is that a lot of documents that the author refers too are readily available but few (none?) have taken note of them. The book is a fantastic analysis of not only the strategic vision of the Pakistan army but also the underpinnings of Pakistan's political vision. Dr Fair does a fabulous job of diving deep in the ownership mentality of the Pakistan army that has appropriated Pakistan the country for seventy odd years now. It also lays bare the divergent paths of India and Pakistan post-partition and explains easily how Pakistan never quite got it!

My only gripe with the book is that it is way too 'heavy' for the 'lay' reader. With some fine editing Dr Fair could have made it a tad more palatable for us non-academics/experts. I guess I could overlook this one easily. I'd recommend Husain Haqqani's 'Magnificent Delusions' as a much more readable and engaging book.

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TechnoGeek

Best work ever on Pakistan and it Army

16 October 2019

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If anyone from West as actually researched on Pakistan, then it is without an iota of doubt CHRISTINE FAIR. She has come up with another masterpiece on the country. She starts at the root. Right from the conceptualisation of the independent state to what it is today and how its Army has shaped the culture, policies and orientation from time to time. Each period is tackled separately in a different chapter. It takes serious note of Army policies of revisionism, using Islam as a driving factor, times when they have taken over the country denouncing democracy, shift post nuclearisation and use of non state actors. The book is a research work which gives clear insight into thinking and execution of its aim by Pakistan Army. It also has dwelled extensively into how Army cultivated a nationwide animosity with India and its war with the south Asian neighbour. In the end, the Author comes up with a solution and a way ahead for the nation.

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Rahul

An Eye opener

31 January 2016

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I enjoyed reading this book. As an Indian reader I find this book very interesting. It's incredible how a foreign (American ) author has done so much research to try and understand the various geopolitical issues of Pakistan and the sub continent. This book gives brilliant insights into various stakeholders within Pakistan send their ideologies. This book is a must read for anyone who wants to understand the geoplotics of south asia and most importantly the pakistani army and various religious organisations within Pakistan.

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