Kiessling Hein G.
Kiessling Hein G. - Faith Unity Discipline The Inter - Service - Intelligence (Isi) Of Pakistan - Hardcover
Kiessling Hein G. - Faith Unity Discipline The Inter - Service - Intelligence (Isi) Of Pakistan - Hardcover
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Description: Established in the wake of the Indo - Pakistani War of 1947 - 8 by the Australian army officer Major - General Walter Cawthorne then Deputy Chief of Staff in the Pakistan Army Pakistan's Inter - Services Intelligence (ISI) for years remained an under - developed and obscure agency. In 1979, the organisation's growing importance was felt during the Soviet war in Afghanistan as it worked hand in glove with the CI a to support the mujahideen resistance but its activities received little coverage in news media. Since that time the ISI has projected its influence across the region - in 1988 its involvement in Indian Kashmir came under increasing scrutiny and by 1995 its mentoring of what became the Afghan Taliban was well attested. But it was the organisation's alleged links with Al Qaeda and the discovery of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad at the heart of Pakistan's military zone that really threw it under the spotlight. These controversies and many more have dogged the ISI including its role in Pakistan's testing of a nuclear weapon in 1998 and its links with A. Q. Khan. Offering fresh insights into the ISI as a domestic and international actor based on intimate knowledge of its inner workings and key individuals this startlingly original book uncovers the hitherto shady world of Pakistan's secret service.
Title: Faith Unity Discipline The Inter - Service - Intelligence (Isi) Of Pakistan
Author(s): Kiessling Hein G.
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Barcode: 9781849045179
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 11/15/2016
Category: Espionage & Secret Services
Description: Established in the wake of the Indo - Pakistani War of 1947 - 8 by the Australian army officer Major - General Walter Cawthorne then Deputy Chief of Staff in the Pakistan Army Pakistan's Inter - Services Intelligence (ISI) for years remained an under - developed and obscure agency. In 1979, the organisation's growing importance was felt during the Soviet war in Afghanistan as it worked hand in glove with the CI a to support the mujahideen resistance but its activities received little coverage in news media. Since that time the ISI has projected its influence across the region - in 1988 its involvement in Indian Kashmir came under increasing scrutiny and by 1995 its mentoring of what became the Afghan Taliban was well attested. But it was the organisation's alleged links with Al Qaeda and the discovery of Osama bin Laden in Abbottabad at the heart of Pakistan's military zone that really threw it under the spotlight. These controversies and many more have dogged the ISI including its role in Pakistan's testing of a nuclear weapon in 1998 and its links with A. Q. Khan. Offering fresh insights into the ISI as a domestic and international actor based on intimate knowledge of its inner workings and key individuals this startlingly original book uncovers the hitherto shady world of Pakistan's secret service.
Title: Faith Unity Discipline The Inter - Service - Intelligence (Isi) Of Pakistan
Author(s): Kiessling Hein G.
Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Barcode: 9781849045179
Pages: 288 Pages
Publication Date: 11/15/2016
Category: Espionage & Secret Services
