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Based on detailed interviews with key US and South Asian leaders, access to secret documents and operations, and the author's personal relationships and deep knowledge of the region, this book untangles the complex web of the US-Pakistani relationship and shows how America can build better partnerships in troubled corners of the world.
List of contents
Important Milestones 2007-19
Abbreviations and Acronyms
Author's Note
Preface: Salvaging a Misalliance
1. The Revenge of Democracy?
2. Friends or Frenemies?
3. 2011: A Most Horrible Year!
4. From Tora Bora to Pathan Gali
5. Internal Battles
6. Salala: Anatomy of a Failed Alliance
7. Mismanaging the Civil-Military Relationship
8. US Aid: Leverage or a Trap?
9. Mil-to-Mil Relations: Do More
10. Standing in the Right Corner
11. Transforming the Pakistan Army
12. Pakistan's Military Dilemma
13. Choices
Epilogue
Select Bibliography
Acknowledgements
Index
About the Author
About the author
Shuja Nawaz, a globally recognized political and strategic analyst, is a distinguished fellow at the South Asia Center of the Atlantic Council. He is the author of many studies on Pakistan and South Asian security issues and an acclaimed book, Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army, and the Wars Within.
Summary
Based on detailed interviews with key US and South Asian leaders, access to secret documents and operations, and the author’s personal relationships and deep knowledge of the region, this book untangles the complex web of the US-Pakistani relationship and shows how America can build better partnerships in troubled corners of the world.
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Packed with inside information from the ruling circles in both Pakistan and the United States, this book is essential reading for everyone trying to understand the international community’s most tortuous bilateral relationship.
