Jalal, Ayesha,

The struggle for Pakistan : a Muslim homeland and global politics / Ayesha Jalal. - xii, 435 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

9780674052895 (alkaline paper)

2014006379


Civil-military relations--Pakistan.
Democracy--Pakistan.
Islam and politics--Pakistan.
Islam and state--Pakistan.
Geopolitics--Pakistan.


Pakistan--History.
Pakistan--Politics and government.

DS383.5.A2 / J338 2014

954.9104 / JAL-S 579