Military Inc.

Inside Pakistan's Military Economy Ayesha Siddiqa ISBN: 9780745325453 Extent: 304pp Release Date: 20 Apr 2007 Size: 177mm x 125mm Format: Paperback Illustrations: 1 map, 15 figures Restricted Territories: View details... Buy Now19.50BUY USA BUY AUS Product Description This bold book explains why it will be so difficult to persuade the Pakistani mi litary to renounce political power and return to the barracks. It is a must read for anyone who cares about Pakistan or its future." Lee H. Hamilton, President and Director, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars "Siddiqa demonstrates [how] economic impunity and political impunity are closely related." Nicole Ball, Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy, Washington DC "No one else has so comprehensively [explained] the armys involvement in Pakistans economy, nor linked it so clearly with the armys growing and seemingly permanent role in Pakistans politics." Stephen P. Cohen, Senior Fellow, Foreign Policy Stu dies, Brookings "Complex, riveting, absorbing, Siddiqa has written a vitally important book whic h enhances our understanding of the army on the front line in the war on terror. " Ahmed Rashid, Far Eastern Economic Review "An incisive look at the largely hidden economic empire run by and for the benef it of Pakistan's military. This courageous book will not please Pakistan's gener als. But no Pakistani, civilian or military, can afford to ignore its sobering a nalysis." Robert M. Hathaway, Director, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson Internation al Center for Scholars Pakistan is a strategic ally of the US in the "war on terror". It is the third l argest receiver of US aid in the world. Yet Pakistan is a state run by its army. Siddiqa shows how the power of the military has transformed Pakistani society, w here the armed forces have become an independent class. The military is entrench ed in the corporate sector. So Pakistan's companies and its main assets are in t he hands of a tiny minority of senior army officials. Siddiqa examines this mili tary economy and the consequences of merging the military and corporate sectors. Does democracy have a future? Will the generals ever withdraw to the barracks? Military Inc. analyses the internal and external dynamics of this gradual powerbuilding and the impact that it is having on Pakistan's political and economic d evelopment. About The Author Ayesha Siddiqa is a military analyst with a PhD in War Studies from Kings College , London. She contributes regularly to Jane's Defence Weekly. She was the Pakista n Scholar at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars at Washington, DC for 2004-05. Click to browse contents Military Incorporated-Aisha Siddiqua List of Tables

List of Figures & Maps Acknowledgements Introduction Chapter 1: MILBUS A Theoretical Concept Chapter 2: Pakistan Military: Development of Praetorianism, 1947-77 Chapter 3: Evolution of the Military Class, 1977-05 Chapter 4: The Structure of MILBUS Chapter 5: MILBUS The Formative Years, 1954 77 Chapter 6: Expansion of MILBUS, 1977 05 Chapter 7: The New Land Barons Chapter 8: Providing for the Men: Military Welfare Chapter 9: Cost of MILBUS Chapter 10: MILBUS and the Future of Pakistan Bibliography Index An incisive look at the largely hidden economic empire run by and for the benefi t of Pakistan's military. This courageous book will not please Pakistan's genera ls. But no Pakistani, civilian or military, can afford to ignore its sobering an alysis. (Robert M. Hathaway, Director, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars) Ayesha Siddiqa's book covers a major gap in the literature on contemporary Pakis tan. For many years journalists and other analysts, on the basis of anacdotal ev idence, have remarked that Pakistan's military has a major interest in the econo my. Military Inc. is the first serious attempt to provide some facts and figures to substantiate that claim. (Owen Bennett Jones, Asian Affairs, March 2008) examining the nature and consequences of the Pakistani militarys involvement in t he economy, Dr. Siddiqa shows in great detail how the economic benefits that mil itary officers can obtain when in or close to the seat of power stimulate them t o solidify their political position in order to retain and expand those economic benefits. (Nicole Ball, Senior Fellow, Center for International Policy, Washington DC) An incisive look at the largely hidden economic empire run by and for the benefi t of Pakistan's military. This courageous book will not please Pakistan's genera ls. But no Pakistani, civilian or military, can afford to ignore its sobering an alysis. (Robert M. Hathaway, Director, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars)