这本书研究了巴基斯坦多年来与印度以及其他非国家行为者的战争。本文以第一次克什米尔战争（1947-48年）、1965年和1971年的战争以及1999年的卡吉尔战争为重点，分析了导致这些冲突的精英决策，并试图理解巴基斯坦是如何首先介入的。作者运用“赌博模型”深入了解了决策者不正常的世界观、冒险行为和其他行为模式，这些行为模式促成了这些战争，并突显了它们对未来印巴关系的影响。这本书还以采访的形式，突出了寡妇、儿童、普通士兵、流离失所的平民和生活在边境附近的村民的经历，以理解下层军人的观点。
这本书将是巴基斯坦军事史、国防和战略研究、国际关系、政治研究、战争和冲突研究以及南亚研究的学者和研究人员所不可或缺的。
Pakistan’s Wars: An Alternative History
This book studies the wars Pakistan has fought over the years with India as well as other non-state actors. Focusing on the first Kashmir war (1947–48), the wars of 1965 and 1971, and the 1999 Kargil war, it analyses the elite decision-making, which leads to these conflicts and tries to understand how Pakistan got involved in the first place. The author applies the ‘gambling model’ to provide insights into the dysfunctional world view, risk-taking behaviour, and other behavioural patterns of the decision makers, which precipitate these wars and highlight their effects on India–Pakistan relations for the future. The book also brings to the fore the experience of widows, children, common soldiers, displaced civilians, and villagers living near borders, in the form of interviews, to understand the subaltern perspective.
A nuanced and accessible military history of Pakistan, this book will be indispensable to scholars and researchers of military history, defence and strategic studies, international relations, political studies, war and conflict studies, and South Asian studies.
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