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008			160203s2012 xxu eng d
020			_a0141038241 (paperback)
020			_a9780141038247 (paperback)
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082			_a954.9105 _bLIE-P 296
100	1		_aLieven, Anatol. _919771
245	1	0	_aPakistan : A Hard Country
250			_a1st ed.
260			_aUK : _bPenguin UK, _c2012.
300			_a360 p. ;
500			_aInternational Edition.
520			_aDAILY TELEGRAPH and INDEPENDENT BOOKS OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2012 2011 LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST In the wake of Pakistan's development of nuclear weapons, unpoliceable border areas, shelter of the Afghan Taliban and Bin Laden, and the spread of terrorist attacks by groups based in Pakistan to London, Bombay and New York, there is a clear need to look further than the simple image of a failed state so often portrayed in the media, and to see instead a country of immense complexity and importance. Lieven's profound and sophisticated analysis paves the way for clearer understanding of this remarkable and highly contradictory country.
650			_aHistory--Pakistan _912579
650			_aSocial conditions _919772
650			_aPolitics and government _919502
650			_aPolitical culture _919773
650			_aStrategic aspects of individual places _919774
650			_aPolitical science _92535
650			_aSocial history _919775
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