PIPS LibraryPakistan's drift into extremism : Allah, the army, and America's war on terror /
Abbas, Hassan, 1969-
Pakistan's drift into extremism : Allah, the army, and America's war on terror / Hassan Abbas ; foreword by Jessica Stern. - Armonk, N.Y. ; London : M.E. Sharpe, c2005. - xvii, 275 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
"An East gate book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The early years : a dream deferred -- Ayub Era : Kashmir and the 1965 war with India -- General Yahya and the dismemberment of Pakistan -- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto : the charismatic -- General Zia ul-Haq : the redefinition of a country -- A return to democracy : Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif -- General Pervez Musharraf : a season of hope -- Jihadi outfits : Pakistan's "rent-a-son" agencies -- 9/11 and the war on terror -- The road ahead.
0765614960 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2004007993
Islamic fundamentalism--Pakistan.
Islam and politics--Pakistan.
Radicalism--Pakistan.
Pakistan--Politics and government.
Pakistan--Armed Forces--Political activity.
DS384 / .A27 2005
320.95491/09/045
Pakistan's drift into extremism : Allah, the army, and America's war on terror / Hassan Abbas ; foreword by Jessica Stern. - Armonk, N.Y. ; London : M.E. Sharpe, c2005. - xvii, 275 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.
"An East gate book."
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The early years : a dream deferred -- Ayub Era : Kashmir and the 1965 war with India -- General Yahya and the dismemberment of Pakistan -- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto : the charismatic -- General Zia ul-Haq : the redefinition of a country -- A return to democracy : Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif -- General Pervez Musharraf : a season of hope -- Jihadi outfits : Pakistan's "rent-a-son" agencies -- 9/11 and the war on terror -- The road ahead.
0765614960 (hardcover : alk. paper)
2004007993
Islamic fundamentalism--Pakistan.
Islam and politics--Pakistan.
Radicalism--Pakistan.
Pakistan--Politics and government.
Pakistan--Armed Forces--Political activity.
DS384 / .A27 2005
320.95491/09/045