US-Pakistan relationship
Subtitle: Soviet invasion of Afghanistan
By: A.Z. Hilali.
Series: US foreign policy and conflict in the Islamic world; US foreign policy and conflict in the Islamic world series
Publisher: Ashgate
Published: 2005
Place of publication: Burlington, VT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: United States -- Foreign relations -- Pakistan.; Pakistan -- Foreign relations -- United States.; Afghanistan -- History -- Soviet occupation, 1979-1989.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1977-1981.; United States -- Foreign relations -- 1981-1989.
Other titles: United States-Pakistan relationship
Description: "Hilali provides a study into the US-Pakistan partnership under the Reagan administration. The book explores the causes of Pakistan's involvement in the Afghanistan war and the United States' support to prevent Soviet adventurism. It shows that Pakistan was the principal channel through which assistance was provided to Afghan freedom fighters; it also provided access to its military bases to use against the Soviet Union." "The study looks at the consequences of the war on Pakistan and explains how it became enmeshed within its domestic politics. Furthermore, it evaluates the role of Pakistan as a key partner in the global coalition against terrorism and discusses how General Pervez Musharraf brought about Pakistan's development towards a progressive, moderate and democratic society. Ideally suited to courses on foreign policy."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [281]-294) and index.
Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D., University of Hull)