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US-Pakistan relationship : Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

Hilali provides an excellent study into the US-Pakistan partnership under the Reagan administration. The book explores the causes of Pakistan's involvement in the Afghanistan war and the United States' support to prevent Soviet adventurism. Ideally suited to courses on foreign policy.
Print Book, English, ©2005
Ashgate, Aldershot, England, ©2005
XVI, 304 p. : il., maps ; 24 cm.
9780754642206, 0754642208
912586977
Contents: Introduction; The geopolitics of US interests in South Asia; Pakistan's security dilemma; Motives behind the US-Pakistan relationship; Pakistan's response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; The US response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan; The Afghan crisis and its consequences for Pakistan; Renewal of US-Pakistan partnership; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.