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Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world. It is the only Islamic state to have nuclear weapons. Its border with Afghanistan extends over one thousand miles and is the likely hideout of Osama bin Laden. It has been under military dictatorship for thirty-three of its fiftyyear... read more
First Sentence
The twentieth century was not kind to Pakistan.
Table of Contents
Preface
1. Pakistan at Sixty: A Conflagration of Despair
2. Rewinding Pakistan: Birth of Tragedy
3. The Washington Quartet: The Man Who Would Be Field Marshall
4. The Washington Quartet: The General Who Lost a Country
5. The Washington Quartet: The Soldier of Islam
6. The Washington Quartet: The General as Chief Executive
7. The House of Bhutto: Daughter of the West
8. On the Flight Path of American Power
9. Operation Enduring Freedom: Mirage of the "Good" War
10. Can Pakistan Be Recycled?
Index
Authors & Contributors
- Tariq Ali (Author)
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