Pakistan''s War on Terrorism - Strategies for Combating Jihadist Armed Groups Since 9/11

Informationen zum Autor Samir Puri is a doctoral candidate at Cambridge University, and is managing editor of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs . Klappentext This book examines Pakistan's strategies in the war against Islamist armed groups that began late 2001! following the 9/11 attacks. Zusammenfassung This book examines Pakistan's strategies in the war against Islamist armed groups from late 2001, following the 9/11 attacks. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction 1. Aims and Structure of the Book 2. Strategy and Pakistan's Conflict with Islamist Armed Groups 3. Managing the Pashtun: Antecedents to Pakistan's Frontier Strategies 4. US Coercive Diplomacy and Pakistan's Slide into War (2001-2002) 5. Pakistan Coerces the Tribes in South Waziristan (2002-2004) 6. Deal Making in South and North Waziristan (2004-2006) 7. Game Changers: Islamabad's Lal Masjid Siege and Loosing Swat (2007) 8. Drones, Suicides Bombing and Coercing the Pakistani State (2006 onwards) 9. War on Multiple Fronts: Swat, Khyber, Bajaur and South Waziristan (2008-2009) 10. Assessing Pakistan's Strategies

Product details

• Authors: Samir Puri, Samir (Sidney Sussex College Puri, Puri Samir
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.11.2011
• EAN: 9780415688345
• ISBN: 978-0-415-68834-5
• No. of pages: 176
• Series: Asian Security Studies
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Freedom, HISTORY / Military / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Terrorism, Defence strategy, planning & research, Terrorism, armed struggle, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Military and defence strategy, Indian sub-continent, Armed Conflict, Theory of warfare and military science, Theory of warfare & military science, HISTORY / Asia / South / General