Pakistan: The Eye of the Storm - Hardcover

Bennett Jones, Mr. Owen; Bennett Jones, Owen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0300097603 ISBN 13: 9780300097603

Publisher: Yale University Press, 2002

Synopsis

Musharraf has become the first Pakistani leader in thirty years to dare to confront the country's Islamic extremists. But can he succeed in controlling the forces that helped create the Taliban in Afghanistan and fuelled the bitter conflict in Kashmir? Will his army and intelligence agencies be able to tame the radical elements that they created and sustained? In this history of Pakistan from 1947 to the present, Bennett Jones decribes the many fault lines in Pakistani society. He assesses the role of the nationalists in the provinces, the feudal landlords in the countryside, and the bureaucratic elite in Islamabad and analyses the complex relationships between religion, regional politics, and the armed forces.
As a BBC correspondent in Pakistan between 1998 and 2001, Bennett Jones witnessed at first hand many of the events that brought General Musharraf to power. His book contains the first detailed accounts of the 1999 coup, the Kargil conflict, and how Pakistan came to test its nuclear bomb. It will be essential reading for anyone who wants to understand a country that was crucial to the expulsion of Soviet forces from Afghanistan in the 1980s and which, after the 11 September 2001 attack, became a key coalition partner in America's "war against terrorism."

About this title

From the Back Cover:

A fascinating look at Pakistan's past, an inside account of its recent history, and a knowledgeable assessment of its future options.

About the Author:

Owen Bennett Jones was a BBC correspondent in Pakistan between 1998 and 2001 and witnessed firsthand many of the events that brought General Musharraf to power. He has written for the Guardian, Financial Times, and Independent newspapers, the London Review of Books and Prospect magazine.

About this edition

• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Publication date: 2002
• ISBN 10: 0300097603
• ISBN 13: 9780300097603
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 352