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Author
Pub. Date
2011
Description
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.
3) Pakistan
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
This book is a collection of articles in which authors debate whether Pakistan's educational system is problematic, whether the U.S. needs to engage more fully with Pakistan, and whether Pakistan faces political instability.
Author
Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Freelance jopurnalist Nicholas Schmidle takes readers to Pakistan's rioting streets, to Taliban camps in the North-West Frontier Province, and on many surprising adventures as he provides a contemporary history of this country long riven by internal conflict. With the intimacy and good humor available only to the most fearless and open-eyed reporters, Schmidle narrates the most turbulent period of Pakistan's recent history, a time when President Pervez...
Pub. Date
[2007]
Formats
Description
Jewish-American journalist Daniel Pearl was kidnapped in Pakistan in January of 2002. The violent act became an international scandal as the group that claimed responsibility for the crime demanded the liberation of prisoners from the American detainee prison in Guantanamo Bay, in Cuba. The American government does not give in to the terrorists' demands. Mariane travels to Pakistan and is alone, searching for the most important person in her life....
Author
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
In this unprecedented event, the president of one of the world's most crucial nations offers his candid thoughts on Pakistan's confrontations with India, 9/11 and its aftermath, on Israel, on bin Laden and al Queda, and on the status of women in Pakistan. of photos.
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