HISTORY 224 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Command And Staff College, Muhammad Ali Jinnah, Ford Foundation
10 Dec 2016
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Life on the border: guards on the border of pakistan and india have a very theatrical changing of the guard which shows the tension between the two states. Creating a postcolonial state: 1906: muslim league movement led by mohammed ali jinnah -> impetus for state of. Goal was to separate states between mostly muslims and mostly hindus (in reality lots of mixing: constituent assembly in pakistan is established in august 1947 and dissolved in 1954; only met 4 days during this time. Meant that there was a leadership vacuum: 3 governor generals and 6 prime ministers. 1958 military coup leads to military gov. Foreign patronage: national elites sought to counter india and redress strategic balance. Needed foreign support more than india did because they were smaller than. India: pakistan was important to us military planners in cold war. Proximity to ussr and me oil fields. Potential role in indian ocean and subcontinent.
