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Aug. 24, 2018

The story of Pakistan’s role in America’s forever war

Steve Coll’s “Directorate S” concentrates on Pakistan’s pivotal, indeed indispensable roles in our battles with Mideast terrorism, particularly against Al Qaeda and the Taliban.

Richard Wirick

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Risk Management and Insurance Litigation (RMIL) Practice Group at Haight, Brown & Bonesteel LLP (Haight).

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 The story of Pakistan’s role in America’s forever war
Penguin Press (2018)

There is no dicier, more dangerous geopolitical dance between two significant powers than that between the U.S. and Pakistan. The two countries are often on the right side of history, sometimes together on the wrong side, but much of the time it is mixed -- all of it depending on the enigma of which Pakistan one is talking to. In 1971-72, when Henry Kissinger saw an entrée to China that could only be brokered by West Pakistan, we (at best) ...

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