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The unraveling : Pakistan in the age of Jihad / John R. Schmidt.
Publication details: New York : Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2012.Edition: 1st Picador edDescription: 279 p. : map ; 21 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9781250013910 :
- 1250013917 :
- Pakistan -- Politics and government -- 1988-
- Political culture -- Pakistan
- Pakistan -- Foreign relations
- Pakistan -- Social conditions
- Feudalism -- Political aspects -- Pakistan
- Political leadership -- Pakistan
- Pakistan. Army
- Islamic fundamentalism -- Pakistan
- Jihad -- Political aspects -- Pakistan
- Terrorism -- Government policy -- Pakistan
- Pakistan -- Politics and government
- Pakistan -- Foreign relations
- Pakistan -- Social conditions
- Feudalism -- Political aspects
- Pakistan. Army
- Islamic fundamentalism -- Pakistan
- Jihad -- Political aspects -- Pakistan
- Terrorism -- Government policy -- Pakistan
- DS389 .S37 2012
Contents:
Summary: Traces the rise of radical Islam in Pakistan while offering insight into the forces that enabled the emergence of jihadist groups, critically assessing the decisions of Pakistani leaders who would use radicals to advance foreign policy goals in spite of limited state ability to prevent extreme violence.
An improbable state -- The feudals and the army -- Religion, Zia, and the anti-Soviet jihad in Afghanistan -- Kashmir, India, and the institutionalization of jihad -- The Taliban, Bin Laden, and the road to 9/11 -- The tribal areas, 9/11, and the rise of the Pakistani Taliban -- Lal Masjid, army failures, and the domestic terrorism campaign -- Mumbai, the Buner moment, and troubles with the United States -- The shape of things to come -- The final unraveling.
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American University in Dubai | American University in Dubai | Main Collection | DS 389 .S37 2012 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 5143329 |
Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-257, [259]-264) and index.
An improbable state -- The feudals and the army -- Religion, Zia, and the anti-Soviet jihad in Afghanistan -- Kashmir, India, and the institutionalization of jihad -- The Taliban, Bin Laden, and the road to 9/11 -- The tribal areas, 9/11, and the rise of the Pakistani Taliban -- Lal Masjid, army failures, and the domestic terrorism campaign -- Mumbai, the Buner moment, and troubles with the United States -- The shape of things to come -- The final unraveling.
Traces the rise of radical Islam in Pakistan while offering insight into the forces that enabled the emergence of jihadist groups, critically assessing the decisions of Pakistani leaders who would use radicals to advance foreign policy goals in spite of limited state ability to prevent extreme violence.
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