Faith, Unity, Discipline

Reviewed by: Anis Ahmad, Riphah International University, Pakistan

Published by: London: Hurst & Company, 2023, 320pp. ISBN: 978-1805260349.

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Hein G. Kiessling, a renowned German political scientist, has taken up a challenging task by writing about the Inter-Service-Intelligence (ISI) of Pakistan, a highly controversial institution, not only in Pakistan but elsewhere too. The US intelligence agency as well as the British, Chinese or Russian undercover agencies have been involved in manipulation and interventions at global and national levels under the pretext of balancing global peace and national security. This book on the Pakistani ISI Pakistan is based on interviews and personal encounters of the author with active agents within the service as well as with retired officials and ex- members of the institution. The data for the book was collected during the author’s