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by C Christine Fair

Labor party, 46

  management of the frontier, 105–12

  martial races concept, 59–60

  Middle East Command and, 177–78

  Middle East Defense Organization and, 179

  paramountcy and, 293n9

  Partition and, 40–41, 42, 58

  the Punjab and, 106–7

  recruitment and, 59

  security management by, 54

  Sindh province, Pakistan, and, 106–7

  strategic appraisal of threats, 104–5

  strategic depth and, 105, 111

  strategic environment and, 27

  strategic geography and, 297–98n2

  strategic view of South Asia, 297–98n2

  terrorist attacks on, 248, 252

  transfer of power by, 140

  Great Game, 107, 158, 171

  guerrilla warfare, 26, 227–28, 235–36

  in 1965 war, 93

  day-after, 228–30

  defense literatures and, 235–36, 243

  deterrence and, 238

  India and, 147–48

  intelligence agencies and, 242–43

  in Kashmir, 14, 160

  Kashmir and, 235–36

  limitations of, 237

  national conditions and, 227–28

  nuclear weapons and, 228–30

  political situation and, 227–28

  terrain and, 227–28

  US and, 228–30

  “Guerrilla Warfare” (East), 227–28

  Gul, Hamid, 266

  Gurdaspur district, Pakistan, 52–53

  Gurkhas, 55, 58, 60, 61

  Haig, Alexander, 207

  Hamoodur Rehman Commission, 164–65

  Haq, Zia ul, 10, 20, 23

  Haqqani, Jalaluddin, 133

  Haqqani Network, 13, 79

  Harkat-ul-Ansar/Harkat-ul-Mujahideen (HuA/HuM), 243

  Hazratbal shrine, Srinagar, 92–93

  Hazratbal crisis of 1963, 159

  Headley, David, 252

  Hekmatyar, Gulbuddin, 101, 120, 121, 122, 125–26, 127, 128

  Hindus, 10, 40–41, 47, 52–54, 58, 60, 68, 154, 159–61, 237, 257, 278

  in the 1965 war, 100

  Bengalis as, 94–95

  Brahmins, 74–75

  in East Pakistan, 143, 165

  language and, 143–44

  two-nation theory and, 43–44

  Hindutva, 230

  Hizb-e-Islami-Afghanistan, 122

  Hizb-e-Watan, Party of the Homeland, 127

  Hizb-i-Islami, 124, 126, 127

  Hizbul Mujahideen, 244, 250, 260

  Holbrooke, Richard, 219

  Hussain, Mamnoon, 265

  Hussain, Safdar Lt. Gen., 246

  Hussein, Saddam, 19

  Hyderabad (Princely State of), 46, 47–48

  Hyderabad (Sindh Pakistan), 33

  ideology, 4–5, 8, 10, 17, 21–22, 26, 45, 66–102, 89, 282

  defense literatures and, 278–79

  education and, 95–98

  elite, 22

  ethnicity and, 271–74, 272, 273–74

  Islamic militants and, 260

  mujahideen and, 237

  Pakistan Army and, 26, 40, 268, 274, 278–79, 280

  Pakistani identity and, 67–71

  Zia ul Haq and, 69

  Ikramullah, Mohammad, 178

  “Iman, Taqwa, Jihad-fi-sibillilah” motto of Pakistan army, 81

  India, 3, 10, 12, 15, 40, 44, 64, 133–34, 147, 160, 177, 189, 191, 278, 282. See also Indo-Pakistani conflicts

  1965 war, 14–15

  1971 war, 15

  1974 nuclear test, 138, 156, 189–90, 193, 202, 205, 218–19, 238

  1998 nuclear tests, 209, 217

  2001-2002 standoff, 215, 239, 241

  Afghanistan and, 2, 112–13, 117–18, 133, 134–35, 158–59, 171, 279

  as aggressor, 91–95, 136–37, 154, 160, 223, 279–80, 301n9

  Baloch nationalists and, 136

  Bangladesh and, 149–50, 157

  border with, 1

  China and, 188, 242 (see also Sino-Indian War)

  colonial, 9

  decolonization and, 41, 46

  in defense literature, 11, 91–95, 136–37, 154, 160, 279–80, 301n9

  defense modernization in, 17

  deterrence of, 243

  Durand Line and, 298n7

  East Pakistan and, 148–49

  economy of, 17, 58, 267–68

  ethnic separatist movements in, 148–49

  ethno-nationalist insurgencies in, 136

  EU and, 2

  as existential threat, 165–72, 214, 269, 281

  guerrilla warfare and, 147–48

  as hegemon, 74–75, 136, 154–59, 173

  Hinduism and, 7, 8, 21, 57, 154, 278–79

  independence movement in, 293n6

  in the international community, 17

  Iran and, 2, 17

  Islamic groups in, 66, 227

  Israel and, 2, 17, 157–58

  Kashmir and, 14, 88, 92, 139–41, 228, 233, 235

  Kashmiri insurgents in, 259

  as made up of nonbelievers, 90–91

  map of, 286

  media and, 172

  militant proxies in, 16–17

  military exercises by, 137

  military exercises with China, 17

  as multiethnic, 7

  Muslims in, 42–43, 58, 193

  negative depiction of, 159–61

  nonaligned position of, 179, 182

  nuclear policy of, 229

  nuclear weapons and, 136, 138, 197, 202–27, 211, 229

  opposition to, 90–91

  Pakhtun nationalists and, 136

  Pakistan Army and, 1–9, 25–26, 80, 81, 115–19, 129, 131, 154–73

  as paper tiger, 161–65

  Peaceful Nuclear Explosion of 1974, 202, 205

  the Princely States and, 50

  proxy fighters in, 226

  the Punjab and, 53–54

  Qatar and, 2

  reciprocal tests in 1998, 250

  refusal to share assets of the Raj, 279

  regional ascendancy and, 279

  revisionism and, 14

  rise of, 2, 7, 13, 27

  Russia and, 242, 279

  Saudi Arabia and, 2

  Self-Government Act, 295n19

  Sikh insurgency in, 226

  Sindhi nationalists and, 136

  Soviet Union and, 115–16, 123, 149, 186

  strategic partnerships of, 2

  terrorism and, 136–37, 190, 239, 250, 252, 275

  UNSC and, 2, 17

  US and, 2, 16, 17, 136, 139, 157–58, 171, 185, 187–88, 189, 224–25, 233, 242–43

  Indian Army, 8, 39, 52, 54–63, 65, 90, 100, 147–48, 301n4

  Indian Army (British), 59–63

  Indian (National) Congress party, 42, 44–47, 48, 54, 292n2, 293n6, 293n7

  Indian Independence Act of 1947, 46, 47, 51

  Indian militant groups, 251–52

  Indian Military Academy, 56, 59

  Indian National Army (INA), 49, 294n11

  Indian Parliament, terrorist strikes on, 16, 17, 97, 138–39, 239, 250, 252

  Indian Rebellion of 1857 (also known as Indian Mutiny of 1857). 57–58, 60, 105–7, 230

  Indo-China War, 233,

  Indo-Pakistani conflicts, 12, 93–94, 136–43, 205, 222, 291n10, 301n4. See also specific wars;

  1947–1948 war over Kashmir, 14, 50–51, 65, 88, 92, 139–41, 228, 235

  1965 war, 15, 88, 90, 92–93, 100, 116, 122, 141–43, 161, 189, 204, 232–33, 299–300n17

  1971 war, 15, 18, 39, 69, 88, 90, 94, 116, 143–50, 157, 160–61, 172–73, 182, 202, 218, 226, 230–31, 238, 279

  1984–1985 Punjab crisis, 221

  1986–1987 Brasstacks Crisis, 137, 138, 221, 223

  of 1990, 221

  1999 Kargil War, 15–16, 23, 88, 90, 150–53, 189, 219, 221, 223, 241, 250–51

  2001-2002 standoff, 215

  conflict rate by nu
clear period, 223–24

  cross-tabulation of conflict months by nuclear status, 223–24

  with India, 102

  misrepresentation of, 36

  narratives of, 91–95

  nuclearization of, 229

  Pakistani precipitation of, 156–57

  results of, 172–73

  Twin Peaks Crisis of 2001–2002, 137, 138–39, 215, 219, 220, 221, 223, 239, 241

  Indo-US civilian nuclear deal, 216

  Indus River, 106, 107, 111, 130, 186, 289n4, 298n7

  Indus Water Treaty of 1960, 289n4

  insurgent movements, 93, 95, 136. See also specific movements

  intelligence agencies, 18, 36, 126, 129, 198, 259, 305n12. See also Inter Service Intelligence (ISI)

  guerrilla warfare and, 242–43

  Indian, 211

  Israeli, 211

  media and, 172

  military intelligence, 66

  Pakistan Army and, 251–53

  US, 211, 212 (see also US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA))

  Intelligence Bureau, 66

  International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 205, 290n5

  international community, Pakistan and, 18, 174, 261, 275–76

  International Monetary Fund, 3

  International Republican Institute (IRI), 88

  Inter Service Intelligence (Directorate) (ISI), 66, 79, 81, 101, 122, 125, 128–29, 152, 167, 169, 190, 198, 213, 217, 251–52, 263, 282

  Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR), 34, 35, 36–37, 118, 169–70, 209, 305n12

  Iqbal, Allama, 42. See also Iqbal, Muhammad

  Iqbal, Muhammad, 42–43

  Iran, 19, 104–5, 116, 117, 123–24, 129, 171

  askari tanzeems (militant groups) and, 244

  Baghdad Pact and, 179

  India and, 2

  nuclear weapons and, 210

  partnership with India, 17

  Sunni Muslims and, 244

  Iranian Revolution, 70, 170

  Iran–Iraq War, 19, 70

  Iraq, 19, 114, 171, 179, 217, 246

  irregular warfare, 236–37, 250–51, 259. See also guerrilla warfare

  Islam, 5, 8, 10, 26, 40, 42–43, 85, 89

  Barelvi school, 254

  defense of, 65

  influence in Pakistan Army, 10

  instrumentalization of, 65, 81, 85–86, 102

  interpretative traditions of, 71

  jihad and, 237

  nationalism and, 87–88

  nuclear weapons and, 206

  political, 7

  roles of, 10

  strategic culture and, 66–102

  Sunni Islam, 237

  as unifying ideology, 69

  Islamabad Policy Research Institute (IPRI), 119

  Islamic law. See sharia

  Islamic military history, 97–100, 101

  Islamic Revolutionary Movement of Afghanistan (Hezb-e-Harakat-e-Inqelab-e-Islami Afghanistan), 125

  Islamic Society of Afghanistan (Jamiat-i-Islami-i-Afghanistan), 126

  Islamic Unity party (Ittihad-i Islami), 126

  Islamic warriors, tradition of, 97–100

  Islamism, 10, 71, 80–81, 81–85, 102, 271, 290n7

  Islamist insurgency, 16, 126, 194, 226. See also Islamist militant groups

  Islamist militant groups, 10–13, 51, 79, 90, 102, 268, 278, 296n3, 300n18, 304n4, 304n10, 305n12. See also specific groups

  in 1965 war, 93

  Afghan, 66, 121–22, 123, 124, 125, 259

  as assets, 243–51

  biographies of, 253

  in China, 198

  exploitation of socioeconomic grievances, 247

  ideology and, 66–67, 70–71, 81–82, 85, 102–3, 237

  India and, 66, 138–39, 152–53, 160, 168–69, 170

  instrumentalization of, 226

  Kashmiri, 151–52

  Musharraf and, 78–79

  nuclear doctrine and, 242–43

  nuclear weapons and, 226–60, 296n3

  Pakistan Army and, 103, 118–20, 131, 134, 190, 194, 251–53

  Pakistan’s control over, 251–52

  Pakistan’s military struggle against, 132

  Pakistan’s support for, 251–53

  political, 226

  as proxies, 1, 26, 250

  public opinion and, 248–49

  Punjabi, 295n1

  relationships among, 249–50, 249

  revisionism and, 2, 3–4, 7, 16–17

  in Sindh province, Pakistan, 137

  social services provided by, 258–59

  Sunni, 101, 125–26, 246

  training of, 121–22, 253–54

  US and, 125, 251, 300n18

  Islamist political parties, 77, 119–20, 170. See also specific parties

  Islamization, 45, 66–102, 124, 170, 290n7, 295n1

  in the 1973 constitution, 70

  Army’s methods of, 81–85

  education and, 82

  as justification for martial law, 70

  recruitment and, 84–85

  Zia ul Haq and, 70–71, 84–85, 102

  Ismaili Shia, 48

  Ispahani, M. A. H., 177

  Israel, 137

  1982 war in Lebanon, 20

  India and, 2, 17, 157–58

  nuclear weapons and, 211, 217

  US and, 157–58

  Ittehad-ul-Muslimeen, 47

  Jacob, J. F. R., 148

  Jaish-e-Mohammed (JeM), 17, 97, 138–39, 168, 243, 248, 250, 252, 255, 296n3

  Jamaat-e-Islami (JI), 71, 81–82, 101, 119, 122, 124, 125–26, 250, 266

  Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD), 190, 254, 259

  Jamali, Zafarullah Khan, 29

  Jamiat-i-Islami (Afghanistan) 126

  Jamiat-ulema-Islami (JUI) (Islamic Society), 119, 120, 122, 124, 125, 128, 244, 249

  Jammu, 48–49, 139, 140, 142, 151, 163, 226

  Jammu-Kashmir, 14, 139

  Jammu Kashmir Liberation Front, 101

  jangbazi, 127

  Janjua, Asif Nawaz, 85

  jawans, 31–32

  jihad, 26, 79–80, 85, 96–98, 101–2, 125, 127, 136, 170, 227, 271

  Afghan, 38

  anti-Soviet, 70, 127–28, 194, 208, 226

  in defense literature, 91–92

  as defensive duty of the Pakistan Army, 91–92

  internal, 253–58

  Islam and, 237

  LeT and, 257–58

  against nonbelievers, 90–91

  nonviolent, 236

  under the nuclear umbrella, 226–60

  nuclear weapons and, 226–60

  jihadist movement, 79–80, 226. See also Islamist militant groups

  Jinnah, Mohammad Ali, 42–45, 48–51, 54, 68–69, 78–79, 113, 130, 175–76, 292n3, 293n7

  early death of, 90

  “Faith, Unity, Discipline” motto, 81

  jirgas, 110

  Junagadh, 47, 48, 65

  Junejo, Muhammad Khan, 23, 30

  junior commissioned officers (JCOs), 32

  Kabul, Afghanistan, 13, 104, 106–9, 116, 120, 123–24, 127, 129

  Kabul University, 120, 126

  Kahuta, Pakistan, 217

  Kakul, Pakistan, 32, 56, 59, 79, 248

  Kaluchak, Kashmir, attack on, 16, 139, 250

  Kandahar province, Afghanistan, 125, 127, 128

  Kapur, Paul, 12, 203, 215, 221–23, 303–4n7, 303n6, 304n8

  Karachi Nuclear Power Plant (KANUPP), 205

  Karamat, Jehangir, 101, 211

  Kargil–Dras sectors, 15, 250

  Kargil War, 15–16, 23, 90, 150–53, 189, 219, 221, 223, 241, 250–51

  Karmal, Babrak, 120, 123–24, 125, 300n20

  Karzai, Hamid, 158–59, 245, 251

  Karzai regime, 248

  Kashmir, 10–12, 41, 65, 68, 81, 101, 186–88, 197, 219, 268, 279

  1947–1948 war over, 139–41

  1965 war over, 141–43

  1999 Pakistani incursion into, 250

  2001-2002 standoff with India and, 241<
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  2002 elections in, 139

  2005 earthquake in, 259

  civil war in, 142

  conflict in, 51

  ethnic insurgencies in, 138

  ethno-nationalist insurgencies in, 136

  guerrilla movement in, 160

  guerrilla operations in, 14

  guerrilla warfare and, 235–36

  independence movement in, 10, 241

  indigenous uprisings in, 16

  infiltration of, 92, 232

  as integral to Pakistan’s national identity, 13

  Kargil War and, 241

  map of, 285

  militants and, 226–28, 233, 243, 250

  militants focused on, 244

  Muslims in, 271, 273

  nonstate actors in, 226

  Pakistan Army and, 139–40, 142, 150–51, 153, 159–60, 163, 170

  Pakistan’s attempt to seize in 1947, 14

  Partition and, 294n12

  people’s war in, 230

  policy on, 240

  Princely States and, 46–50

  proxy war in, 14, 16

  the Punjab and, 52–53

  revisionism and, 1–2, 4, 6–7, 14–17

  revisionism in, 18

  Russia and, 115–16

  Truman Administration and, 178

  two-nation theory and, 278

  UN and, 14, 115–16, 183, 186

  UNSC and, 14, 115–16, 183

  uprising in, 217

  water security and, 289n4

  Kashmiri identity, 101

  Kashmiri insurgents, 226, 244, 259

  Kashmiri militants, 151–52

  Kayani, Ashfaq Parvez, 35, 79–80, 81, 88–89, 134, 135, 289n4

  Kennedy, John F., 187–88

  Kennedy Administration, 186–87

  Kerry-Lugar-Berman legislation, 276

  Khan, Liaquat Ali, 49

  Khalis, Maulvi Mohammad Yunus, 101, 125

  Khalistan, 137

  Khalq party, 120, 123–24, 300n20

  Khan, Abdul Qadeer (A.Q. Khan), 137, 203, 205, 207, 208, 210, 211, 217, 218, 242

  Khan, Abdul Qayyum, 50

  Khan, Akbar, 49, 50

  Khan, Feroz Hassan, 210, 221, 302n1

  Khan, Khan Abdul Ghaffar, 113–14

  Khan, Liaquat Ali, 50, 54, 62, 69, 177, 178

  Khan, Mohammad Ayub, 15, 20, 42, 62, 112, 120, 179–80

  article for Foreign Affairs, 73–74

  China and, 182, 185–86

  coup by, 89

  Friends not Masters, 72–75, 115, 155, 192–93

  nuclear weapons and, 202, 204–5, 214, 236

  Pakistan Army and, 67, 70, 75–78, 81, 86, 89–90, 92, 94, 101, 142–43, 145–47, 159

  Khan, Munir Ahmad, 204–5

  Khan, Sardar Mohammed Ibrahim, 49

  Khan, Sardar Shaukat Hayat, 49

  Khan, Tikka, 122

  Khan, Yahya, 20, 33, 70, 94, 96, 146, 149, 189, 200, 204

  Khan, Zafrullah, 176, 181

  Khan of Qalat, 107, 298n8

  Khar, Hina Rabbani, 219

  Khomeini, Ruhollah, 19

  Khruschev, Nikita, 115

  Khudai Khidmatgar (Servants of God), 113

 

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