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  title info:
    non sort: The
    title: warrior state
    sub title: Pakistan in the contemporary world
  name:
    name part: Paul, T. V.
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2014
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xii, 253 pages : maps ; 25 cm.
  abstract: In The Warrior State, noted international relations and south Asia scholar T.V. Paul untangles this fascinating riddle. Paul argues that the "geostrategic curse," akin to the "resource curse" that plagues oil-rich autocracies, is at the root of Pakistan's unique inability to progress. Since its founding in 1947, Pakistan has been at the center of major geopolitical struggles, including the US-Soviet rivalry, the conflict with India and most recently the post 9/11 wars. No matter how ineffective the regime is, massive foreign aid keeps pouring in from major powers and their allies with a stake in the region. The reliability of such aid defuses any pressure on political elites to launch the far-reaching domestic reforms necessary to promote sustained growth, higher standards of living and more stable democratic institutions. Paul shows that excessive war-making efforts have drained Pakistan's limited economic resources without making the country safer or more stable. Indeed, despite the regime's emphasis on security, the country continues to be beset by widespread violence and terrorism.
  table of contents: War and development -- The causes -- A turbulent history -- The garrison state -- The geostrategic urge -- Religion and politics -- Comparing Pakistan -- The warrior state today.
  note: T. V. Paul.
  note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
  subject:
    geographic code: a-pk---
  subject:
    geographic: Pakistan
    topic: Politics and government
  subject:
    topic: Geopolitics
    geographic: Pakistan
  subject:
    topic: National security
    geographic: Pakistan
  subject:
    topic: War
    topic: Economic aspects
  subject:
    topic: Economic development
    geographic: Pakistan
  classification: DS383.5.A2 P385 2014
  classification: 954.9105
  identifier: 9780199322237 (hardback : alkaline paper)
  identifier: 0199322236 (hardback : alkaline paper)
  identifier: 2013022390
  record info:
    record content source: ICU/DLC
    record creation date: 130620
    record change date: 20151206092306.0
    record identifier: in00003454757