TY - BOOK AU - JAGADISH Vikram TI - Reconsidering American strategy in South Asia : : destroying terrorist sanctuaries in Pakistan's tribal areas PY - 2009/// KW - PAKISTAN KW - AL QAEDA KW - TERRORISM KW - UNITED STATES N2 - This paper argues that Pakistani strategy has failed to achieve its desired results because of local tribal norms the weak nature of previous agreements military units ill-equipped for a counterinsurgency and counterterrorism role as well as ideological fissures in the pakistani establishment ER -