Poles Apart: The Military and Democracy in India and Pakistan (Record no. 49703)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
|---|---|
| fixed length control field | 01738 a2200169 4500 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20250310144325.0 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780670098446 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 323.3 SON |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Sondhi, Aditya |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Poles Apart: The Military and Democracy in India and Pakistan |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Penguin Random House India Pvt. Ltd |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | gurugram |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2024 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | 329 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | Is there a predominant reason why India is not Pakistan? Many would likely point to the omnipresence of the military in the polity of the latter. While the interventionist attitude of the army in Pakistan easily explains the democratic shortfall in its history, the mirror opposite in India is rarely studied or credited.<br/><br/>Poles Apart is a unique and original investigation of the comparative roles of the military, to study their influences on the growth of democracy in the two nations. The book highlights the divisive outcomes of military coups on Pakistan’s democratic trajectory while also closely analysing potential scenarios in India when the army could have gone astray, but chose to stay apolitical.<br/><br/>Disgrace at the hands of China in 1962, the Emergency and Operation Blue Star, among others, make for fascinating case studies of how the army was treated shabbily but still remained politically disinclined. On the other hand, the overarching presence of Field Marshal Ayub Khan, General Yahya Khan, General Zia-ul-Haq and General Pervez Musharraf in the Pakistani political space represent a very different set of choices and interventions.<br/><br/>A crisp chapter on Bangladesh and its experiments with democracy and martial rule rounds off the deeply researched study. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Civil and Political Rights |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Military Forces |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Book |
| Source of classification or shelving scheme | Dewey Decimal Classification |
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