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Pakistan : a hard country / Anatol Lieven
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TextPublication details: New York : PublicAffairs, c2011Edition: 1st edDescription: xv, 558 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN: - 9781610390217 (hardcover)
- 1610390210 (hardcover)
- 9781610390231
- 1610390237
- 9781610391450 (pbk.)
- 1610391454 (pbk.)
- ARCH FRBC 954.9 L722P
- DS389 .L54 2011
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Summary: In this profound and sophisticated analysis of Pakistan's history and its social, religious and political structures, Lieven argues strongly against U.S. actions that would risk destroying that state in the illusory search for victory in Afghanistan
Part 1: Land, people, history. Introduction : understanding Pakistan ; The struggle for Muslim South Asia -- Part 2: Structures. Justice ; Religion ; The military ; Politics -- Part 3: The provinces. Punjab ; Sindh ; Balochistan ;The Pathans -- Part 4: The Taleban. The Pakistani Taleban ; Defeating the Taleban? -- Glossary -- Appendix 1: Chronology of Muslim South Asia -- Appendix 2: Pakistani statistics
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SAIACS Archives Room | Frykenberg Collection | ARCH FRBC 954.9 L377P (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Not for loan | 067265 |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 496-505) and index
Part 1: Land, people, history. Introduction : understanding Pakistan ; The struggle for Muslim South Asia -- Part 2: Structures. Justice ; Religion ; The military ; Politics -- Part 3: The provinces. Punjab ; Sindh ; Balochistan ;The Pathans -- Part 4: The Taleban. The Pakistani Taleban ; Defeating the Taleban? -- Glossary -- Appendix 1: Chronology of Muslim South Asia -- Appendix 2: Pakistani statistics
In this profound and sophisticated analysis of Pakistan's history and its social, religious and political structures, Lieven argues strongly against U.S. actions that would risk destroying that state in the illusory search for victory in Afghanistan
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