Military Inc.

Inside Pakistan's Military Economy

Nonfiction, History, Military, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science
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Author: Ayesha Siddiqa ISBN: 9781786800121
Publisher: Pluto Press Publication: November 20, 2016
Imprint: Pluto Press Language: English
Author: Ayesha Siddiqa
ISBN: 9781786800121
Publisher: Pluto Press
Publication: November 20, 2016
Imprint: Pluto Press
Language: English

Pakistan is a strategic ally of the US in the ‘war on terror’. It is the third largest recipient of US aid in the world. Yet Pakistan is a state run by its army and intelligence service.*BR**BR*Operating in the shadows, Pakistan’s military industrial complex owns and controls swathes of the economic and political landscape of the country. Military Inc. dares to illuminate the military as an oppressive holding company possessing not just security-related businesses, but also hotels, shopping malls, insurance companies, banks, farms and even an airline. The result is a deeply undemocratic society, where money is funnelled towards the military's economic enterprises, leaving those in need of it impoverished and effectively disenfranchised. *BR**BR*With an empirical richness, and a view to Pakistan’s recent history, Ayesha Siddiqa offers a detailed and powerful case study of a global phenomenon: corruption, hollow economic growth and elitism.*BR**BR*This new edition includes a chapter on the recent developments of the military's foray into the media, and a new preface.

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Pakistan is a strategic ally of the US in the ‘war on terror’. It is the third largest recipient of US aid in the world. Yet Pakistan is a state run by its army and intelligence service.*BR**BR*Operating in the shadows, Pakistan’s military industrial complex owns and controls swathes of the economic and political landscape of the country. Military Inc. dares to illuminate the military as an oppressive holding company possessing not just security-related businesses, but also hotels, shopping malls, insurance companies, banks, farms and even an airline. The result is a deeply undemocratic society, where money is funnelled towards the military's economic enterprises, leaving those in need of it impoverished and effectively disenfranchised. *BR**BR*With an empirical richness, and a view to Pakistan’s recent history, Ayesha Siddiqa offers a detailed and powerful case study of a global phenomenon: corruption, hollow economic growth and elitism.*BR**BR*This new edition includes a chapter on the recent developments of the military's foray into the media, and a new preface.

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