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Deadly embrace : Pakistan, America, and the future of the global jihad / Bruce Riedel.

By: Publication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2011.Description: xiii, 180 p. ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780815705574 :
  • 0815705573 :
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • JZ1480.A57 P178 2011
Contents:
Understanding Pakistan -- Zia's jihad -- Omar's jihad -- Osama's jihad -- Global jihad -- Thinking the unthinkable : implications of a jihadist state in Pakistan -- Helping Pakistan -- Key persons and timeline.
Summary: "Explores the long and contentious relationship between the United States and Pakistan since Pakistan's founding with emphasis on events that occurred during the author's thirty-year career with the CIA and on how Pakistan's history and U.S. responses have contributed to the current struggle with terrorism"--Provided by publisher.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 165-170) and index.

Understanding Pakistan -- Zia's jihad -- Omar's jihad -- Osama's jihad -- Global jihad -- Thinking the unthinkable : implications of a jihadist state in Pakistan -- Helping Pakistan -- Key persons and timeline.

"Explores the long and contentious relationship between the United States and Pakistan since Pakistan's founding with emphasis on events that occurred during the author's thirty-year career with the CIA and on how Pakistan's history and U.S. responses have contributed to the current struggle with terrorism"--Provided by publisher.

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