US-Pakistan Relations: Pakistan's Strategic Choices in the 1990s Contributor(s): Farooq, Talat (Author) |
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ISBN: 1138952672 ISBN-13: 9781138952676 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $180.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: July 2016 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Political Science | International Relations - General - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - General - Social Science | Regional Studies |
Dewey: 327.730 |
LCCN: 2016002124 |
Series: Routledge Studies in South Asian Politics |
Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.2" W x 9.3" (1.00 lbs) 186 pages |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: US foreign policy-making from the end of the Cold War to after 2001 is crucial to understanding the years of strong US engagement with Pakistan that would follow 9/11. This book explains Pakistan's strategic choices in the 1990s by examining the role of the United States in the shaping of Islamabad's security goals. Drawing upon a diverse range of oral history interviews as well as available written sources, the book explains the American contribution to Pakistani security objectives during the presidency of Bill Clinton (1993-2001). The author investigates and explains the dynamics which drove Islamabad's pursuit of nuclear weapons, its support for the Taliban and its approach towards the indigenous uprising in Indian Kashmir. She argues that Clinton's foreign policy contributed to the hardening of Islamabad's security perspectives, creating space for the Pakistani military establishment to pursue its regional security goals. The book also discusses the argument that US-Pakistan relations during this period were driven by a Cold War mindset, causing a fissure between US global and Pakistan's regional security goals. The Pakistani military and civilian leadership utilized these divergent and convergent trends to protect Islamabad's India-centric strategic interests. The book addresses a gap in the relevant literature and moves beyond the available mono-causal explanations often distorted by a mixture of intellectual obfuscation and political rhetoric. It adds a Pakistani perspective and is a valuable contribution to the study of US-Pakistan relations. |