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''Military Inc.: Inside Pakistan's Military Economy'' is a book about Pakistan Military's Economic activities and its consequences, written by Ayesha Siddiqa. ==Content== The book divided into 10 chapters discusses Pakistan military's economic empire and its political, economical, and social effect on the country. The author uses the term “Milbus” to refer to “''military capital that is used for the personal benefit of the military fraternity, especially the officer cadre, but is neither recorded nor part of the defense budget''.” She puts the cost of this Milbus to about $20 billion. Following is a brief description of the content chapter wise: *''Chapter 1:'' Defines six distinct categories of Military-Civilian relationship in the world and explaining each with a brief case study of different countries. *''Chapter 2:'' Explains Political growth of Pakistan's Army. its mandate, organizational structure and ethnic composition. *''Chapter 3:'' Highlights the growth of financial interests of the officer cadre of the army. *''Chapter 4:'' Outlines the command and control structure of the economic empire, and various methods used to exploit economic resources. *''Chapter 5:'' Discusses the growth of military business activities during the period 1954-1977. Where it expanded its stake in Agriculture, Manufacturing and Service Industry. *''Chapter 6:'' Expansion of Military Business during the period 1977-2005, setting up of institutions like Bahria Foundation and Shaheen foundation, entry in finance and banking sector. *''Chapter 7:'' Discusses urban and rural land acquisition of armed forces. *''Chapter 8:'' Discusses Welfare program for serving and retired Military personnel, inequitable distribution of resources that shows bias towards smaller provinces and ethnic minorities. *''Chapter 9:'' Analyzes the financial cost of the Military Economy. *''Chapter 10:'' Looks at the effects of Military's Economy on its professionalism, and the politics of the state and the conclusion. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Military Inc.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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