Description
Book Synopsis This concise and balanced account details Pakistan''s turbulent 73-year history of civil war, military coups, political assassinations, wars with India, cooperation with the U.S. during the Afghan-Soviet war, and events following 9/11. An unpredictable nuclear nation, Pakistan has been variously described as the center of international terrorism, the world''s biggest nuclear weapons proliferator, the most dangerous place in the world and, some experts predict, the most likely site of the world''s first nuclear war.
Table of Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Chronology
- Glossary
- Maps
- Introduction to Pakistan
- Part One—Pakistan’s Early Years
- 1. Independence and Partition
- 2. Pakistan Under Jinnah
- 3. Pakistan Under Liaquat Khan
- 4. Transition to Military Rule
- 5. General Ayub Khan’s Military Rule
- 6. General Yahya Khan and Civil War
- Part Two—Pakistan After Dismemberment
- 7. Zulfikar Bhutto’s Missed Opportunity
- 8. General Zia and the Death of Bhutto
- 9. The Soviets Invade Afghanistan
- 10. Zia’s Last Years
- 11. Benazir Bhutto’s First Term
- 12. Sharif’s First Term
- 13. Benazir Bhutto’s Second Term
- 14. Sharif’s Second Term
- 15. General Musharraf Takes Control
- Part Three—Pakistan After Al-Qaeda’s Attack on America
- 16. Musharraf Joins America’s War on Terrorism
- 17. The End of Musharraf’s Reign
- 18. Civilian Rule Under Gillani and Zardari
- 19. Sharif’s Third Term
- Epilogue
- Appendix: List of Pakistan Army Chiefs
- Chapter Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
