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From Publishers Weekly Mistrust and cross-purposes characterize relations between Pakistan and the U. I certainly wouldn't go as far as to say he was disengenuous in any manner, however, being that his current situation is quite tenuous, I feel as though at this very moment he couldn't relay everything he was privy to during the final years of his diplomatic service. At this time, Paksitan was geographically the best positioned nation to offer military bases to the West. The first reason is that we only see the Pakistanis as represented by their leaders in this book. It also provides you good highlights for major events in Pakistan since independence. And few, who are aware of the ground realities in Pakistan, can blame me. While one might desire a fuller accounting of his ambassadorship, the book covers its chosen ground superbly.

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And America made that clear to Pakistan.

Ring Smart Home Security Systems. In reality the Pakistani enemies list started and stopped with India although there were always belligerent noises toward Israel.

It seems possible that an Islamist movement could take power in Pakistan as well, threatening India and others in the region. Aug 16, Jerome rated it it was amazing. Haqqani writes with a flowing style and it is clear from his writing how urgently he feels the dynamics he describes need to change in order to avoid ongoing conflicts in the wider region.

This book contains great insight from an insider and scholar on the true nature and historical failings of the US-Pakistan relationship. A very readable record of the partnership that has shaped a large majority of the events in Asia.

If the US stops playing relatively nice with Pakistan, where will we fly the drones from that are currently being used to target Taliban and other militant groups that otherwise might threaten to overthrow the fragile Western-backed Afghani government?

He's now living in the US in self-imposed exile. Just as the wounds of the partition were healing, the military subjected the people to another partition in Feb 27, Abhijit Joshi rated it it was ok. Pakistan pressured the US that this role entitled it to significant military aid, in order to be strong enough for this role. Former ambassador of Pakistan to US had a few scores to settle with his foes in Pakistan responsible for his not so glorious downfall from riches.

Millions died in the wake of Independence and right there in the middle of all that chaos were sown the first seeds of the long standing enmity between India and Pakistan. Customers who viewed this item also viewed.

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Understanding how those actions were interpreted by the powers that be in Pakistan, and visa versa, is the focus of the book. The boy that keeps crying wolf turns out to have been raising and feeding the wolves, and loosing them selectively on neighboring towns when it suits his purposes.

S aid, trumpeting their anticommunism. There was so much money sloshing around with essentially no oversight or control from the donors it was easy to surreptitiously transfer hundreds of millions of dollars to the nuclear program. It's also odd to see Pakistan determine that it deserves basically free advanced weaponry and food from the US gusain an solid reason.

Magnificent Delusions: Pakistan, the United States, and an Epic History of Misunderstanding

Highly reco Haqqani has written this comprehensive, well-researched history of the troubled U. Haaqani conventional narrative about the war in Afghanistan, for instance, has revolved around the Soviet invasion in It's hard to be intellectually honest and disagree with his diagnosis of the various problems that plague that tortured relationship. Get to Know Us.

By the faster transmission of information the truth doesn't stay buried for long. In fact, Pakistan used any US hesitation to provide aid as a means of stirring up demonstrations against to US.

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While earlier there were only few dissenting voices in the US against the huge volume of funds pumped to Pakistan, this incident made the people of America come out openly against Pakistan. Is our population growing so fast because we are poor or, are we poor because of our high birth rates?

Each believes it can play the other—with sometimes absurd, sometimes tragic, results. See, I told you it was a depressing book. Unfortunately, given the magnificebt cycle of strategic thinking in the US and elsewhere, we're not likely to facilitate that kind of movement either; instead, successive administrations will keep passing the ticking package from magnificeny to the next, busain it doesn't explode on their watch.

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If the book would have been written without this background it would have got a clean chit from me. These books are not for conspiracy theorists.

But President Jimmy Carter signed the first authorization to help the Pakistani-backed mujahedeen covertly on July 3—almost six months before the Soviets invaded. They still continue to work together but the entire equation has changed.