Publisher's Synopsis
The author gives a candid, no holds barred account of the Pakistan army. He describes its evolution, its brutal suppresion of the former East Wing (now Bangladesh), the events leading to the overthrow of Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1977, and other dramatic episodes in brisk and telling language. This new edition of the book contains a chapter which describess the dramatic resignation of the Army Chief in 1998 (giving his hitherto unpublished personal reasons), and the intrusion into Indian-administered territory in Kashmir by Pakistan-backed militants in 1999. The author makes use of the information provided by senior foreign officials as well as highly placed Indian and Pakistani sources.
