A trio of books over the last three years has fascinatingly illuminated the inner workings of Pakistan's power establishment. Musharraf's autobiography, In the Line of Fire, provided a window into the general's mind; and Adrian Levy's and Catherine Scott-Clark's Deception: Pakistan, the United States and the Global Nuclear Weapons Conspiracy, described Pakistan's systematic manipulation of the nuclear black market. Now Shuja Nawaj's Crossed Swords: Pakistan, Its Army and the Wars Within gives a comprehensive insight into that country's ultimate power centre. Stephen Cohen has earlier written on the Pakistani army, but he was an "outsider", granted selective access by a military that was confident of his discretion. Shuja Nawaz's work is far more comprehensive, combining decades of experience as a journalist and TV...
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