Established as a homeland for India’s Muslims in 1947, Pakistan has had a tumultuous history. Beset by assassinations, coups, ethnic strife, and the breakaway of Bangladesh in 1971, the country has found itself too often contending with religious extremism and military authoritarianism. Now, in a probing biography of her native land amid the throes of global change, Ayesha Jalal provides an insider’s assessment of how this nuclear-armed Muslim nation evolved as it did and explains why its dilemmas weigh so heavily on prospects for peace in the region.

ISBN: 9780674979833

AUTHOR: AYESHA JALAL
ISBN: 9780674979833
Publisher: THE BELKNAP PRESS
Subtitle: A MUSLIM HOMELAND AND GLOBAL POLITICS
Author: AYESHA JALAL