Pakistan At The Crosscurrent Of History
| Author: |
Lawrence Ziring |
| Publisher: |
Vanguard Books |
About the author
Table of contents
Preface
Readers Comments
Description:
Born from a vision of political idealism,
caught up in termoil from its first day of
Independence, this is the tale of one
nation's journey from the margins of
history to the center of the world stage.
Forced into the spotlight by the
international fight against terror.
Pakistan has become a global player
and an acknowledged nuclear power;
today, struggling to balance Western
influences with internal demands, it
stands poised at the very crosscurrent
of history.
Lawrence Ziring, political scientist and
long-time observer of the Pakistan
scene, combines all the salient facts
with astute analysis to track Pakistan's
history from the pre-Partition era,
through Independence in 1947, to its
changing role in the post-9/11 world.
Guiding us through three wars, and
numerous periods of political instability
and, martial law, he offers a
penetrating analysis of the conflicts
between tradition and modernity,
religion and secularity, which continue
both to burden this Muslim country and
to shape its destiny.
Definitive, readable, and
uncompromising, this new account is
not a glib survey, but a roadmap
through a rocky past, opening on to an
uncertain future. Readers will find in
this book all the historical and political
insight they may need in their search
for answers to the question burning in
the minds of international powers and
Pakistani citizens alike: "Whither Pakistan?"
Reviews:
Well-written and richly detailed... few books can compare in tracing the travails and the unrealized promises of the Pakistani state. It contains the kind or narrative sweep that only a scholar with Ziring's decades of dedicated study of Pakistan could be expected to produce."
MARVIN G. WEINBAUM, PAKISTAN ANALYST, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
AND PROFESSOR EMERITUS, UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS
| DesiStore # |
PBH01042 |
| ISBN |
969-402-388-2 |
| Edition |
First |
| Year |
2004 |
| Pages |
383 |
| Weight (kg) |
0.64 |
| Shipping Weight (lbs) |
1.62 |
| HB/PB |
Hard Back |
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"A concise, perceptive, and lucid political history of Pakistan with an eye on the future, a must-read for all those who have a passion, need, or curiosity about Pakistan... refreshing, insightful, and timely."
SAEED SHAFQAT, QUAID-I-AZAM DISTINGUISHED PROFESSOR OF PAKISTAN
STUDIES, SOUTHERN ASIAN INSTITUTE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
"Brilliantly links Pakistan's tortured history from pre-Independence through the general elections of November 2002. It pulls no punches... An excellent book."
PROFESSOR CHARLES H. KENNEDY, WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY
Pakistan At The Crosscurrent Of History
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