The State of Martial Rule: The Origins of Pakistan's Political Economy of Defence by Ayesha Jalal

The State of Martial Rule: The Origins of Pakistan's Political Economy of Defence

Cambridge South Asian Studies

Ayesha Jalal

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When the British dismantled their Raj in 1947 India, as the 'successor' state, inherited the colonial unitary central apparatus whereas Pakistan, as the 'seceding' state, had no semblance of a central government. In The State of Martial Rule Ayesh...

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