Military, Inc.: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy

Pakistan occupies a paradoxical, even contradictory place in American foreign policy. Nominally a strategic ally in the war on terror, it is the third-largest recipient of US aid in the world. At the same time, it is run by its military and intelligence service—whose goals certainly do not always overlap with US priorities.

This book offers a close look at what the rise of the military has meant for Pakistani society. Ayesha Siddiqa shows how entrenched the military has become, not just in day-to-day governance, but in the Pakistani corporate sector as well. What are the consequences of this unprecedented merging of the military and corporate sectors? What does it mean for Pakistan’s economic development—let alone for hopes of an eventual return to democracy and de-militarization? This new edition brings Siddiqa’s account fully up to date with a new preface and conclusion that emphasize the changing role of the media.

• Pakistan: Between Mosque and Military
• The Struggle for Pakistan: A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics
• The Army and Democracy: Military Politics in Pakistan
• Fighting to the End: The Pakistan Army's Way of War
• Pakistan: A Hard Country
• Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September 10, 2001
• Reimagining Pakistan:: Transforming a Dysfunctional Nuclear State
• Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence Directorate
• Midnight's Furies: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition
• Pakistan Under Siege: Extremism, Society, and the State