Review
“Finally, there is a single book that provides a solid, comprehensive introduction to Pakistan. Informative and insightful. . .” — Marvin G. Weinbaum, Professor Emeritus, University of Illinois, and former Pakistan analyst at the U.S. Department of State”THE IDEA OF PAKISTAN is an intellectual tour de force, a gripping and informative tale. . .” — Dennis Kux, Senior Policy Scholar, Woodrow Wilson Center for Scholars”This is a thorough, balanced, intelligent assessment of Pakistan’s crucially important struggle to find stability and successful modern identity.” — Steve Coll, author of Ghost Wars”[M]uch of this book is a rock-solid, dependable history of Pakistan.” — Owen Bennett Jones, Washington Post Book World, February 6, 2005
–This text refers to the
Hardcover
edition.
In recent years Pakistan has emerged as a strategic player on the world stageboth as a potential rogue state armed with nuclear weapons and as an American ally in t (more…)
