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Jihad As Grand Strategy : Islamist Militancy, National Security, and the Pakistani State.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press, Incorporated, 2016Copyright date: ©2016Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (185 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9780190611828
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Jihad As Grand StrategyDDC classification:
  • 954.9105
LOC classification:
  • DS389.K378 2017
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Cover -- Jihad as Grand Strategy -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Logic of a Militant Proxy Strategy -- 3. Partition and an Emerging Strategy -- 4. Pakistan's Militant Strategy Evolves -- 5. Kashmir and Afghanistan Reprise -- 6. Jihad as Grand Strategy: An Assessment -- 7. The Future: Can Pakistan Abandon Jihad? -- Notes -- Index.
Summary: Since its inception in 1947, Pakistan has used Islamist militants to wage jihad and compensate for severe state weakness. Although initially successful, this strategy has become extremely dangerous. In order to avoid catastrophe, Pakistan will have to abandon it and thoroughly reconceptualize the Pakistani state.
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Intro -- Cover -- Jihad as Grand Strategy -- Copyright -- Contents -- 1. Introduction -- 2. The Logic of a Militant Proxy Strategy -- 3. Partition and an Emerging Strategy -- 4. Pakistan's Militant Strategy Evolves -- 5. Kashmir and Afghanistan Reprise -- 6. Jihad as Grand Strategy: An Assessment -- 7. The Future: Can Pakistan Abandon Jihad? -- Notes -- Index.

Since its inception in 1947, Pakistan has used Islamist militants to wage jihad and compensate for severe state weakness. Although initially successful, this strategy has become extremely dangerous. In order to avoid catastrophe, Pakistan will have to abandon it and thoroughly reconceptualize the Pakistani state.

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Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.

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