The struggle for Pakistan : a Muslim homeland and global politics /
Jalal, Ayesha,
The struggle for Pakistan : a Muslim homeland and global politics / [Book] : Ayesha Jalal. - xii, 435 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Established as a homeland for India’s Muslims in 1947, Pakistan has had a tumultuous history that has unfolded in the vortex of dire regional and international conflicts. Beset by assassinations, coups, ethnic strife, and the breakaway of Bangladesh in 1971, the country has found itself too often contending with religious extremism and military authoritarianism. Now, in a probing biography of her native land amid the throes of global change, Ayesha Jalal provides an insider’s assessment of how this nuclear-armed Muslim nation evolved as it did and explains why its dilemmas weigh so heavily on prospects for peace in the region.
All.
9780674052895
Civil-military relations--Pakistan.
Democracy--Pakistan.
Islam and politics--Pakistan.
Islam and state--Pakistan.
Geopolitics--Pakistan.
954.9104
The struggle for Pakistan : a Muslim homeland and global politics / [Book] : Ayesha Jalal. - xii, 435 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Established as a homeland for India’s Muslims in 1947, Pakistan has had a tumultuous history that has unfolded in the vortex of dire regional and international conflicts. Beset by assassinations, coups, ethnic strife, and the breakaway of Bangladesh in 1971, the country has found itself too often contending with religious extremism and military authoritarianism. Now, in a probing biography of her native land amid the throes of global change, Ayesha Jalal provides an insider’s assessment of how this nuclear-armed Muslim nation evolved as it did and explains why its dilemmas weigh so heavily on prospects for peace in the region.
All.
9780674052895
Civil-military relations--Pakistan.
Democracy--Pakistan.
Islam and politics--Pakistan.
Islam and state--Pakistan.
Geopolitics--Pakistan.
954.9104