num_pages: 167
description: Although this book is about General Yahya Khans personal trajectory in the Pakistan Army yet it most importantly offers a historical insight into key political events from 1947 to 1971. The author popularly regarded as Yahya Khans important PR-man throws new light on the 1965 war and the still mysterious change in command in mid-offensive during that war; Yahya Khans take-over of power from Field Marshal Mohammad Ayub Khan; army action and surrender in East Pakistan and other issues considered contentious to-date. Moreover this book offers an analysis on the Pakistan Armys ideological positioningin its Introduction The Pakistan Army and an Anatomy of Jihadthroughout these years which help us understand the nature of armed conflicts within and without the infiltration of the jihadi ethos against conventional professionalism of the army as protectors of the homeland.While most of the failings in the higher military and political command and that of the civil servants and politicians of that time are well-known and covered in a number of retrospective books memoirs and the Hamoodur Rehman Commission Report this book holistically questions and analyses those alleged failings since the author presents his first-hand objective account as a witness to essential developments in 1965 and 1971 wars and the events leading to both periods. Therefore as an former Army PRO Brigadier Siddiqis is an inside account and he does not hesitate to speak his mind.
language: English
title: General Agha Mohammad Yahya Khan: The Rise and Fall of a Soldier
publisher: Oxford University Press