
The present book undertakes a comprehensive analysis of Pakistan;s arms procurement and military decisionmaking from 1979 to 1999. Strategic alignments and their impacts on arms transfers, the cost of military buildup, the state of indigenous weapons production, and the internal dynamics of arms procurement and nuclear decision making are particularly focused upon. Exceptional in scope, the study is the only one of its kind to describe defense decisionmaking in intricate details. The book also presents an insight into the working of the armed forces. The analysis is corroborated by eyeopening facts and figures and candid case studies.