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Poles Apart: The Military And Democracy In India And Pakistan [Hardcover]

Poles Apart: The Military And Democracy In India And Pakistan [Hardcover]

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ISBN13: 978-06-70098-44-6

Hardcover English book | Pages: 336

History, Politics, Narrative, and Non-fiction - Young Adults and Adults

Author: Aditya Sondhi

Published by: Viking Press

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Is there a predominant reason why India is not Pakistan? Many would likely point to the omnipresence of the military in the polity of the latter. While the interventionist attitude of the army in Pakistan easily explains the democratic shortfall in its history, the mirror opposite in India is rarely studied or credited.

Poles Apart is a unique and original investigation of the comparative roles of the military, to study their influences on the growth of democracy in the two nations. The book highlights the divisive outcomes of military coups on Pakistan’s democratic trajectory while also closely analyzing potential scenarios in India when the army could have gone astray, but chose to stay apolitical.

Disgrace at the hands of China in 1962, the Emergency and Operation Blue Star, among others, make for fascinating case studies of how the army was treated shabbily but still remained politically disinclined. On the other hand, the overarching presence of Field Marshal Ayub Khan, General Yahya Khan, General Zia-ul-Haq and General Pervez Musharraf in the Pakistani political space represent a very different set of choices and interventions.

A crisp chapter on Bangladesh and its experiments with democracy and martial rule round off the deeply researched study.

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