Field marshal general muhammad ayub khan pic
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Friends, Not Masters
December 15, 2020
Self-styled Field Marshal Ayub Khan was Pakistan's first military strongman.This book was written when he was still in power.
The account of his early life is interesting,he was born in the village of Rehana to an armyman.He went to Aligarh University for studies,and from there,British recruiters chose him for commission in the army.
He went to Sandhurst,and was one of the early Muslim officers.But he does say that even at the academy,the British treated the Indian cadets as a subject race.
He fought in World War II,then he describes the communal carnage at partition.He served in the tribal areas,(Waziristan) and describes the sheer futility of military operations there.
After independence,he was sent as GOC to East Pakistan.He saw the poverty,the underdevelopment of the area and the problems which would later lead to the events of 1971 and the creation of Bangladesh.
He was chosen as the first Pakistani chief of the army,over several ot
The account of his early life is interesting,he was born in the village of Rehana to an armyman.He went to Aligarh University for studies,and from there,British recruiters chose him for commission in the army.
He went to Sandhurst,and was one of the early Muslim officers.But he does say that even at the academy,the British treated the Indian cadets as a subject race.
He fought in World War II,then he describes the communal carnage at partition.He served in the tribal areas,(Waziristan) and describes the sheer futility of military operations there.
After independence,he was sent as GOC to East Pakistan.He saw the poverty,the underdevelopment of the area and the problems which would later lead to the events of 1971 and the creation of Bangladesh.
He was chosen as the first Pakistani chief of the army,over several ot