Faith, Unity, Discipline: The Inter-Service Intelligence of Pakistan

One of the best books written worth a read people who are interested in working of isi.more important the thought process is wonderful

* The Directorate for inter- services intelligence, more commonly known as ISI, was founded in the year 1948 by a British officer Walter Joseph cawthrone. * In the initial years of it's creation, ISI somehow remained very mild and obscure but it gained it's prominence during the 1979 Afghan - jihad, and with the help of ' Uncle Sam ', The ISI helped and trained the afghan pashtun mujahedeens which later known by the name of " Taliban ", they organized various terrorist attacks in the Indian Punjab, Northeast India, supported and trained all the anti-social elements to bleed india because they realized that conventionally they will never win against India. * When the Soviets left Afghanistan in 1989, ISI Became at that time a 'State within a state', they followed their own foreign policy, threatened the politicians of pakistan at will. * Infact all the major terrorist oragnizations have their links with the ISI of pakistan, for example Al-Qaeda, taliban, hizb-e-islami, laskhar-e-taiba, jaish-e-mohammed and Haqqani network, they all received money and guidance from the ISI personnel. * This book revealed many secrets of the ISI, about its history, the various covert operation it organized across the globe from India to Europe, the author himself lived in Pakistan for 13 long years, established various contacts within the ISI, interviewed the former heads of ISI, and presented to us in the form of this Book. Although this book is only for those who loves to read about Af-pak region, for normal Readers I will not recommend this book. My ratings : ⭐⭐⭐⭐ ( 4/5 ) I hope you like the review, thanks for reading, Jai Hind. Table of contents :- --------------------------- * The first decade * The era of first generals, 1958-1971 * Zulfikar ali bhutto, 1971-1977 * An interim balance sheet of thirty years, 1948-1977 * The ISI under zia-ul-haq, 1977-1988 * Turbulence at the end of the 1980s * Domestic politics, 1988-1991 * The ISI and Nawaz Sharif, 1990-1993 * History repeats itself * Foreign policy and the ISI * Nawaz Sharif, second time around, 1997-1999 * Afghanistan in the 1990s * Insurgency in Punjab * The ISI in northeast india * Structure- personnel- budget * The ISI under pervez Musharraf * The troubled valley : Kashmir * Turbulent times, 2007-2010 * Reform attempt * Clouds on the horizon * Quote vadis, ISI ?

Reads more like a chronological history book. Too many names and idiotic factoids. Pathetic attempt.

Got this today. Overall it was delivered in a good condition. There was little dent on the upside right corner because it was shipped in a paper bag. This should have been shipped in a hard cartoon packaging. But I am satisfied. That's all for now I will let you know about the content in the book when I complete it

Well written..explains quite well about the games played by ISI without any remorse ...purely to destabilize and control the matters in Neighbourhood ..from Afghanistan..Pakistan and to an extent in india . Afghan story is well written and how ISI played great games and despite agency being from a third world country Pakistan..the finesse and precision is at par with best in the games ..likes of CIA ..Mossad.. Biggest slap on its face has been liberation of east Pakistan ( now Bangladesh 🇧🇩) ..how if mercilessly played dirty political games in Pakistan .

Superbly written. Rivetting, intricate details. Good research, well done Hein Kiessling !

Hein Kiessling is a German historian and political scientist and teaches at the Ludwig University. This is his first book that I have read….more to do with the subject than the author’s reputation. Incubated after the first 1948 Indo-Pak war when the political masters felt that their local intelligence agencies were not upto it, ISI was created, modeled on British intelligence agencies ( the first Chief of Services in Pakistan was a Britisher), it stayed under the radar till the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Aided by CIA, the ISI grew weight and muscle, helping the local mujahedeen to fight the Russians. With overt support from their political masters, it slowly morphed into an all powerful agency with significant influence over the political and the military establishments of Pakistan… Overall a dry and bland book….the narrative is slow and boring. To give the devil its due – it is well researched and also balanced. Might interest serious researches and historians. There are better books on Pakistan and the ISI than this.

It was good

Great book! High recommend.

Good informative reading

Perfect book and good gift