The struggle for Pakistan : a Muslim homeland and global politics / by Ayesha Jalal

By: Jalal, AyeshaMaterial type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014. ©2014Description: xii, 435 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cmISBN: 9780674052895 (hbk)Subject(s): Democracy | Geopolitics | Islam and politics | Pakistan -- History | Pakistan | PakistanDDC classification: 954.9104
Contents:
Prologue: 'speak, for your lips are free' -- From minority to nation -- Truncated state, divided nation -- A sprawling military barrack -- Pitfalls of martial rule -- Toward the watershed of 1971 -- The rise and fall of populism -- Martial rule in an Islamic garb -- Democracy restored? -- A geostrategic riddle -- Entangled endgames -- Epilogue: overcoming terror.
Summary: In a probing biography of her native land, Ayesha Jalal provides a unique insider's assessment of how the nuclear-armed Muslim nation of Pakistan evolved into a country besieged by military domination and militant religious extremism, and explains why its dilemmas weigh so heavily on prospects for peace in the region.
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Prologue: 'speak, for your lips are free' --
From minority to nation --
Truncated state, divided nation --
A sprawling military barrack --
Pitfalls of martial rule --
Toward the watershed of 1971 --
The rise and fall of populism --
Martial rule in an Islamic garb --
Democracy restored? --
A geostrategic riddle --
Entangled endgames --
Epilogue: overcoming terror.

In a probing biography of her native land, Ayesha Jalal provides a unique insider's assessment of how the nuclear-armed Muslim nation of Pakistan evolved into a country besieged by military domination and militant religious extremism, and explains why its dilemmas weigh so heavily on prospects for peace in the region.

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