The struggle for Pakistan : a Muslim homeland and global politics /

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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Jalal, Ayesha (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2014.
Temas:
Civil-military relations > Pakistan.
Democracy > Pakistan.
Islam and politics > Pakistan.
Islam and state > Pakistan.
Geopolitics > Pakistan.
Relations pouvoir civil-pouvoir militaire > Pākistān.
Islam et État > Pākistān.
Géopolitique > Pākistān.
HISTORY > Asia > India & South Asia.
Civil-military relations
Democracy
Geopolitics
Islam and politics
Islam and state
Politics and government
Politik
Islam och civila samhället.
Islam och staten.
Demokrati.
Militären och samhället.
Politik och förvaltning.
Geopolitik.
Pakistan > History.
Pakistan > Politics and government.
Pākistān > Histoire.
Pākistān > Politique et gouvernement.
Pakistan
History
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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.

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