"Inside the Pakistan Army" by Carey Schofield
Carey Schofield has two claims to write this book:
1. She (as a woman) spent time at the frontline
with Pakistan army and
2. She resided in Pakistan long enough to consider
it her second home.
She had access to several Generals and Corps Commanders of
Pakistan Army.
You would have thought she would provide an insight into an
Army that is into business; into political rule; pursuing a global policy of
running with the hare and hunting with the hound; and in the words of one
Pakistan Prime Minister, had more success in fighting its people inside
Pakistan than its adversaries outside.
Instead, Carey’s book looks more like propaganda material
written by an admirer with very little insight into Pakistan Army’s impact on
Pakistan’s prosperity and peace.
Two samples that make me believe this is more an essay by an
indoctrinated school girl writing about her sponsors than an academic’s
research into an institution of importance in a country of importance to the
world:
1. “Pakistan army may be flawed; but it is the best
we have got”. (Nice yardstick!)
2. “I liked Mr Zardari; he was original and funny,
and unassuming” (Am sure the President of Pakistan is more than that).
Waste of time.
There are many other excellent books about Pakistan Army.
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