Author: Wirsing, Robert G.
Title: Pakistan's Security Under Zia, 1977-1988: The Policy Imperatives of a Peripheral Asian State
Description: New York, St. Martin's Press, (1991). orig. boards. viii,216 pp, 22x14cm,. Textual tables.. Minor wear. Some light binding stains. Good. ¶ Contents: The Security Environment: Introductory Perspectives: The International Strategic Contect; The Domestic Political Context; The Debate over Security Policy; The War in Afghanistan: The Interventionist Imperative: The Reasons for Intervention; Pakistan's Afghan War Policy; Pakistan's Refugee Policy; The Refugee Issue in Pakistan's Domestic Politics; Pakistan & the Afghan Resistance Movement; The Geneva Settlement;The Arms Race with India: The Nuclear Imperative: The Military Threat from India; Nonnuclear Alternatives; The Nuclear Alternative; The Siachen Glacier Territorial Dispute with India: The Irredentist Imperative: The Territorial Issues; The Military-Strategic Context; Pakistan's Counterboundary Policy in Kashmir; Conclusion: The Persistence of Insecurity.

Keywords: Pakistan, Military Security, Diplomacy, Diplomatic Politics, Foreign Policy, Afghanistan, Afghan War, Zia ul-Haq, South Asia