Vol. 6 No. 2 (2018): A Journal of Strategic Studies - Winter 2018
Book Reviews
Rabia Akhtar, The Blind Eye: US Non-Proliferation Policy Towards Pakistan from Ford to Clinton
Published
December 31, 2018
How to Cite
Saima Aman Sial. (2018). Rabia Akhtar, The Blind Eye: US Non-Proliferation Policy Towards Pakistan from Ford to Clinton. CISS Insight Journal, 6(2), 109 - 113. Retrieved from https://journal.ciss.org.pk/index.php/ciss-insight/article/view/25
Abstract
The subject of Pak-US relations is an area where the literature is mostly burdened with conflicting narratives on both sides rather than a matter of fact analysis of historical events. Rabia Akhtar’s book, The Blind Eye: US Nonproliferation Policy Towards Pakistan from Ford to Clinton makes an attempt to set the record straight. This book is a timely addition to the literature which provides a new prism to look at Pakistan’s pursuit of the bomb during times of changing US nonproliferation goalposts. In its critique on the US non-proliferation policies, the book concludes that Pakistan’s popular narrative needs a reset with respect to the objectives and successes of the US non-proliferation policies towards Pakistan.