Jalal, Ayesha

The struggle for Pakistan : a Muslim homeland and global politics / Ayesha Jalal - Cambridge : The Belknap Press of Harvard, 2014 - xii, 435 p. ill.

includes index.

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.

hbk.

9780674052895


Pakistan -- History.
Pakistan -- Politics and government.
Civil-military relations -- Pakistan.

954.9104 JAL-S 1200