LEADER 02717nam 2200565 a 450 001 9910777848003321 005 20230617001938.0 010 $a9786611740818 010 $a1-281-74081-0 010 $a0-300-12724-3 035 $a(CKB)1000000000471859 035 $a(StDuBDS)AH23049410 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000305487 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12098763 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000305487 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10292778 035 $a(PQKB)11310179 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3420211 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3420211 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10172743 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL174081 035 $a(OCoLC)145733478 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000471859 100 $a20040225d2003 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aPakistan$b[electronic resource] $eeye of the storm /$fOwen Bennett Jones 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aNew Haven, Conn. ;$aLondon $cYale University Press$d2003 215 $a1 online resource (368 p.) 225 1 $aYale Nota bene 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 $a0-300-09760-3 311 $a0-300-10147-3 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [310]-316) and index. 330 $bPakistan, a nation for only fifty-five years, has had a turbulent history. Ruled by the military for half its existence, it has seen three wars with India and the loss of much of its territory. The combination of political instability, deep-seated economic and social problems, and access to nuclear weapons has made it one of the most strategically sensitive countries in the world. The war in neighboring Afghanistan has placed it at the very center of global attention and projected its military ruler, General Pervez Musharraf, onto the world stage.Musharraf has become the first Pakistani leader in thirty years to dare to confront the countrys Islamic extremists. But can he succeed in controlling the forces that helped create the Taliban in Afghanistan? In this riveting history of Pakistan from 1947 to the present, Bennett Jones describes the many fault lines in Pakistani society. While most Pakistanis have a moderate, tolerant vision of Islam, he argues, the countrys central institutions are so weak that the military regime may prove incapable of rescuing the failed state of Pakistan. 410 0$aYale Nota bene. 607 $aPakistan$xHistory 676 $a954.9105 700 $aBennett Jones$b Owen$01510234 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910777848003321 996 $aPakistan$93742731 997 $aUNINA