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Product Identifiers
PublisherPluto Press
ISBN-100745399010
ISBN-139780745399010
eBay Product ID (ePID)221593396
Product Key Features
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameMilitary Inc : inside Pakistan's Military Economy
Publication Year2016
SubjectMilitary Science, Public Affairs & Administration, Military / General, Public Policy / Economic Policy, World / Asian
FeaturesNew Edition
TypeTextbook
AuthorAyesha Siddiqa
Subject AreaPolitical Science, Technology & Engineering, History
FormatTrade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height0.9 in
Item Weight21.7 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width7 in
Additional Product Features
Edition Number2
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN2022-302259
Dewey Edition22
Reviews'This bold book explains why it will be so difficult to persuade the Pakistani military to renounce political power and return to the barracks. It is a must read for anyone who cares about Pakistan or its future', 'Complex, riveting, absorbing, Siddiqa has written a vitally important book which enhances our understanding of the army on the front line in the war on terror', 'This bold book explains why it will be so difficult to persuade the Pakistani military to renounce political power and return to the barracks. It is a must read for anyone who cares about Pakistan or its future.', 'Complex, riveting, absorbing, Siddiqa has written a vitally important book which enhances our understanding of the army on the front line in the war on terror.', 'An incisive look at the largely hidden economic empire run by and for the benefit of Pakistan's military. This courageous book will not please Pakistan's generals. But no Pakistani, civilian or military, can afford to ignore its sobering analysis.', 'No one else has so comprehensively [explained] the army's involvement in Pakistan's economy, nor linked it so clearly with the army's growing and seemingly permanent role in Pakistan's politics.', 'An incisive look at the largely hidden economic empire run by and for the benefit of Pakistan's military. This courageous book will not please Pakistan's generals. But no Pakistani, civilian or military, can afford to ignore its sobering analysis', 'No one else has so comprehensively [explained] the army's involvement in Pakistan's economy, nor linked it so clearly with the army's growing and seemingly permanent role in Pakistan's politics'
IllustratedYes
Dewey Decimal322.509549
Table Of ContentList of Figures List of Tables List of Acronyms Acknowledgements Preface to the Second Edition Introduction 1. Milbus: A Theoretical Concept 2. The Pakistan Military: The Development of Praetorianism, 1947-77 3. Evolution of the Military Class, 1977-2005 4. The Structure of Milbus 5. Milbus: The Formative Years, 1954-77 6. Expansion of Milbus, 1977-2005 7. The New Land Barons 8. Providing for the Men: Military Welfare 9. The Cost of Milbus 10. Milbus and the Future of Pakistan Postscript to the Second Edition 11. From Military Government to Military Governance, 2007-16 12. From Military Inc. to Media Inc. Notes References Index
Edition DescriptionNew Edition
SynopsisPakistan occupies a paradoxical, even contradictory place in American foreign policy. Nominally a strategic ally in the war on terror, it is the third-largest recipient of US aid in the world. At the same time, it is run by its military and intelligence service--whose goals certainly do not always overlap with US priorities. This book offers a close look at what the rise of the military has meant for Pakistani society. Ayesha Siddiqa shows how entrenched the military has become, not just in day-to-day governance, but in the Pakistani corporate sector as well. What are the consequences of this unprecedented merging of the military and corporate sectors? What does it mean for Pakistan's economic development--let alone for hopes of an eventual return to democracy and de-militarization? This new edition brings Siddiqa's account fully up to date with a new preface and conclusion that emphasize the changing role of the media., Pakistan is a strategic ally of the US in the 'war on terror'. It is the third largest recipient of US aid in the world. Yet Pakistan is a state run by its army and intelligence service. Operating in the shadows, Pakistan's military industrial complex owns and controls swathes of the economic and political landscape of the country. Military Inc. dares to illuminate the military as an oppressive holding company possessing not just security-related businesses, but also hotels, shopping malls, insurance companies, banks, farms and even an airline. The result is a deeply undemocratic society, where money is funnelled towards the military's economic enterprises, leaving those in need of it impoverished and effectively disenfranchised. With an empirical richness, and a view to Pakistan's recent history, Ayesha Siddiqa offers a detailed and powerful case study of a global phenomenon: corruption, hollow economic growth and elitism. This new edition includes a chapter on the recent developments of the military's foray into the media, and a new preface.
LC Classification NumberJQ629.A38S87 2017
