Pakistan :in the shadow of jihad and Afghanistan
Material type: TextPublication details: New York Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2002Description: 284p. mapISBN: 0374228949 Subject(s): Pakistan | Travel | Politics and governmentDDC classification: 954.9105 Summary: The Pakistan Of Today Is A Far Cry From The Country That Its Founders Envisaged. Far From Being A Progressive State Founded On Islam, It Has Today Become One Of Most Frightening Places On Earth, Possessing Thirty To Fifty Nuclear Weapons, A Dozen Or So Private Islamic Armies And A Militant Agenda That Has Thrown Its Own Society Into Ferment. The Developments In Pakistan Are Of Special Concern To Its Neighbour India. And The Man Who Will Determine Pakistan S Future Course At This Crucial Juncture Is The Little-Known And Enigmatic General Pervez Musharraf. In This Book, Mary Anne Weaver Elucidates A Country In Turmoil Through Two Decades Of Eyewitness Reporting And Unparalleled Access To Pakistan S Presidents, Prime Ministers, Generals And Politicians. Here Are Rare And Revealing Portraits Of General Musharraf, Who Rose Through The Ranks To Become Benazir Bhutto S Chief Of Military Operations And Then Assumed Control In A Historic Military Coup; Of General Zia, Who Launched Pakistan On Its Present Militant Islamist Course While At The Same Time Transforming It Into The Hub Of U.S. Policy On The Indian Subcontinent; And Of Benazir Bhutto Herself Charismatic, Imperious, Conflicted, Commanding And The First Woman Prime Minister Of An Islamic Country. Weaver Provides An Essential Background For Those Seeking To Understand Pakistan And The Problems Confronting The International Community, And Poses Some Deeply Disturbing Questions About The Future Of Conflict In South Asia. Pakistan: In The Shadow Of Jihad And Afghanistan Stands As A Compelling And Significant Testament To An Enormously Complex Nation.Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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954.9105 MAD/P Pakistan Under Siege : Extremism, Society, and the State | 954.9105 MUR/M Musharraf :the years in power | 954.9105 PAK Pakistan : nationalism without a nation? | 954.9105 WEA/P Pakistan :in the shadow of jihad and Afghanistan | 954.9105092 MUN/G Getting away with murder : Benazir Bhutto's assassination and the politics of Pakistan | 954.91053 SCH/U The unraveling : Pakistan in the age of Jihad | 954.91053 ZAH/F Frontline Pakistan : the path to catastrophe and the killing of Benazir Bhutto |
Includes index.
The Pakistan Of Today Is A Far Cry From The Country That Its Founders Envisaged. Far From Being A Progressive State Founded On Islam, It Has Today Become One Of Most Frightening Places On Earth, Possessing Thirty To Fifty Nuclear Weapons, A Dozen Or So Private Islamic Armies And A Militant Agenda That Has Thrown Its Own Society Into Ferment. The Developments In Pakistan Are Of Special Concern To Its Neighbour India. And The Man Who Will Determine Pakistan S Future Course At This Crucial Juncture Is The Little-Known And Enigmatic General Pervez Musharraf.
In This Book, Mary Anne Weaver Elucidates A Country In Turmoil Through Two Decades Of Eyewitness Reporting And Unparalleled Access To Pakistan S Presidents, Prime Ministers, Generals And Politicians. Here Are Rare And Revealing Portraits Of General Musharraf, Who Rose Through The Ranks To Become Benazir Bhutto S Chief Of Military Operations And Then Assumed Control In A Historic Military Coup; Of General Zia, Who Launched Pakistan On Its Present Militant Islamist Course While At The Same Time Transforming It Into The Hub Of U.S. Policy On The Indian Subcontinent; And Of Benazir Bhutto Herself Charismatic, Imperious, Conflicted, Commanding And The First Woman Prime Minister Of An Islamic Country.
Weaver Provides An Essential Background For Those Seeking To Understand Pakistan And The Problems Confronting The International Community, And Poses Some Deeply Disturbing Questions About The Future Of Conflict In South Asia. Pakistan: In The Shadow Of Jihad And Afghanistan Stands As A Compelling And Significant Testament To An Enormously Complex Nation.
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