Pakistan: A Nation at War with Itself

Abstract

This thesis traces Pakistan's strategy of Low Intensity Conflict (LIC) against India in the state of Jammu and Kashmir (J&K), and analyzes the gains and losses to Pakistan arising from its implementation. LIC was primarily intended to wrest control of the state of J&K from India, to weaken India and its army, and to mobilize international support for Pakistan's position on Kashmir. While this strategy had some initial success, it slowly began to damage key political, economic and social structures within Pakistan. The thesis looks at both the gains and the pitfalls of LIC, and its impact on Pakistan's "well being," as measured by its prosperity, stability and international stature from the periods 1971 to 1989 and 1990 to 2009. The analysis shows that on balance, LIC is doing Pakistan more harm than any good. The thesis concludes by suggesting policy options open to Pakistan, the United States and India.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA536360

Entities

People

  • Raju S. Baggavalli

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Biomedical
  • Counter WMD
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Asia
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Ethnic Groups
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • Military Organizations
  • Money
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Political Science
  • Recreation
  • Societies
  • Sociopolitics
  • South Asia
  • Terrorism
  • Terrorists
  • United States

Readers

  • East Asian Political and Security Studies within the Soviet Union
  • Military History / Militaries and War Studies
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security