Pakistan's drift into extremism : Allah, the army, and America's war on terror / Hassan Abbas ; foreword by Jessica Stern.

By:

Abbas, Hassan, 1969-

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TextPublication details: Armonk, N.Y. ; London : M.E. Sharpe, c2005.Description: xvii, 275 p., [10] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cmISBN:

0765614960 (hardcover : alk. paper)

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DDC classification:

320.95491/09/045 22

LOC classification:

DS384 .A27 2005

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Table of contents

Contents:

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.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	PIPS Library	320.95491 ABB-P 370(D) (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	370(D)
Books	PIPS Library	320.95491 HAS-P 315(D) (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	315(D)

"An East gate book."

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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