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Pakistan's War on Terrorism: Strategies for Combating Jihadist Armed Groups since 9/11 book cover

1st Edition

Pakistan's War on Terrorism Strategies for Combating Jihadist Armed Groups since 9/11

By Samir Puri Copyright 2012
176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge

176 Pages
by Routledge
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This book examines Pakistan's strategies in the war against Islamist armed groups that began late 2001, following the 9/11 attacks. The significance of the war inside Pakistan can hardly be understated. Starting in the tribal territories adjacent to Afghanistan, Pakistan’s war has come to engulf the majority of the country through a brutal campaign of suicide bombings. Thousands of Pakistani... Read more

Introduction  1. Aims and Structure of the Book  2. Strategy and Pakistan's Conflict with Islamist Armed Groups  3. Managing the Pashtun: Antecedents to Pakistan's Frontier Strategies  4. US Coercive Diplomacy and Pakistan's Slide into War (2001-2002)  5. Pakistan Coerces the Tribes in South Waziristan (2002-2004)  6. Deal Making in South and North Waziristan (2004-2006)   7. Game Changers: Islamabad's Lal Masjid Siege and Loosing Swat (2007)  8. Drones, Suicides Bombing and Coercing the Pakistani State (2006 onwards)  9. War on Multiple Fronts: Swat, Khyber, Bajaur and South Waziristan (2008-2009)  10. Assessing Pakistan's Strategies

Biography

Samir Puri is a doctoral candidate at Cambridge University, and is managing editor of the Cambridge Review of International Affairs.

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