Abstract
T here are armies which guard their nation's borders, there are armies which are concerned with protecting their own position in society, and there are armies which defend a cause or an idea. The Pakistan Army does all three. From the day Pakistan was created the army has helped to establish internal order and protect Pakistan's permeable and often ill-defined borders; it used its power and special position within Pakistan to ensure that it received adequate weapons, resources, and manpower. Finally, it always regarded itself as the special expression of the idea of Pakistan, and a few officers have argued for an activist role in reforming or correcting the society when it fell below the standard of excellence set by the military. This paper is divided into two major sections. The first examines the role of the Pakistan military within Pakistani society-particularly within the political system. The second examines the strategic aspect of the Pakistan military (and by military, we mean the army, which remains politically as well as strategically dominant).
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