| Description |
1 online resource (ix, 307 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Author's Note on Sources; List of Illustrations; Introduction; 1. The First Decade; 2. The Era of the First Generals, 1958-1971; 3. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, 1971-1977; 4. An Interim Balance Sheet of Thirty Years, 1948-1977; 5. The ISI Under Zia-ul-Haq, 1977-1988; 6. Turbulence at the End of the 1980s; 7. Domestic Politics, 1988-1991; 8. The ISI and Nawaz Sharif, 1990-1993; 9. History Repeats Itself; 10. Foreign Policy and the ISI; 11. Nawaz Sharif, Second Time Around, 1997-1999; 12. Afghanistan in the 1990s; 13. Insurgency in Punjab |
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14. The ISI in North-East India15. Structure-Personnel-Budget; 16. The ISI Under Pervez Musharraf; 17. The Troubled Valley: Kashmir; 18. Turbulent Times, 2007-2010; 19. Reform Attempts; 20. Clouds on the Horizon; 21. Quo Vadis, ISI?; Postscript; Appendix 1: Realities vs Misperceptions-Balochistan; Appendix 2: Indian/RAW's Involvement in Pakistan; Appendix 3: Organisational Structure of the ISI; Appendix 4: Chart of the ISI Directorate; Appendix 5: Director Generals ISI; Abbreviations; Notes; Select Bibliography; Suggestions for Further Reading; Index; Illustrations |
| Summary |
Established in the wake of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-8 by British officer Major General Robert Cawthorne, then Deputy Chief of Staff in the Pakistan Army, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for years remained an under-developed and obscure agency. In 1979, the organisation's growing importance was felt during the Soviet war in Afghanistan, as it worked hand in glove with the CIA to support the mujahideen resistance, but its activities received little coverage in news media. Since that time, the ISI has projected its influence across the region in 1988 its involvement in Indian |
| Notes |
"This work is an expanded and updated version of ISI und R & AW, Die Geheimdienste Pakistans und Indiens. Konkurrierende Atommächte, ihre Politik und der internationale Terrorismus, Berlin: Verlag Dr. Köster, 2011"--Title page verso |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 295-299) and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Pakistan. Inter Services Intelligence.
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India. Cabinet Secretariat. Research and Analysis Wing.
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| SUBJECT |
India. Cabinet Secretariat. Research and Analysis Wing fast |
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Pakistan. Inter Services Intelligence fast |
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Military intelligence -- Pakistan -- Pāṭa
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Intelligence service -- Pakistan -- Pāṭa
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Intelligence service -- India
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- Government -- International.
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POLITICAL SCIENCE -- International Relations -- General.
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Military intelligence
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Intelligence service
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Diplomatic relations
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Terrorism
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India
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Pakistan
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Pakistan
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781849048620 |
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1849048622 |
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9781849048637 |
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1849048630 |
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