Journal article
The foundations of Pakistan’s strategic culture: Fears of an irredentist India, Muslim identity, martial race, and political realism
Journal of Advanced Military Studies, pp.130-152
2022
Abstract
This article examines the early foundations of the strategic culture of the Pakistan Army. By exploring the impact of the partition of British India in 1947 and the First Kashmir War of 1947–48, the article identifies the pivotal factors in the development of strategic culture of Pakistan. In also examining Pakistani fears of a “vengeful” Hindu India and a persistence in the belief of discredited martial race theories as well as the idea of a Muslim military exceptionalism, the article concludes that the foundation of this culture remains evident while it is also malleable to contemporaneous events.
Details
- Title
- The foundations of Pakistan’s strategic culture: Fears of an irredentist India, Muslim identity, martial race, and political realism
- Authors/Creators
- M. Briskey (Author/Creator)
- Publication Details
- Journal of Advanced Military Studies, pp.130-152
- Publisher
- Marine Corps University Press
- Identifiers
- 991005542774707891
- Murdoch Affiliation
- School of Law and Criminology
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Additional Information
- Special Issue on Strategic Culture
- Publisher URL
- https://www.usmcu.edu/Outreach/Publishing/Marine-Corps-University-Press/MCU-Journal/
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