Pakistan - with its political instability, vociferous Islamic community, pressing economic and social problems, access to nuclear weapons, and proximity to Afghanistan - stands at the very center of global attention. Can General Musharraf, Pakistan's military ruler, control the forces that helped create the Taliban in Afghanistan? In this book, journalist Owen Bennett Jones looks at Pakistan's turbulent past, recounts its recent history, and assesses its future options. A new introduction brings the account fully up to date.
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"A lucid and sobering examination. . . . Owen Bennett Jones has delivered a well-crafted, clear, balanced, and often quite lively account that should be immensely useful to Americans who want to understand this difficult ally."-Thomas W. Lippman, Washington Post Book World; "Comprehensive. . . . The product of impressive expertise."-Robert D. Kaplan, New York Times Book Review; "A compelling analysis . . . analytically probing."-Sumit Ganguly, Foreign Affairs
About the Author:
Owen Bennett Jones was the BBC correspondent in Pakistan between 1998 and 2001.
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- PublisherYale University Press
- Publication date2003
- ISBN 10 0300101473
- ISBN 13 9780300101478
- BindingPaperback
- Edition number2
- Number of pages384
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