num_pages: 358
description: Pakistan — with its political instability, vociferous Islamic community, pressing economic and social problems, access to nuclear weapons, and proximity to Afghanistan — stands at the very center of global attention. Can General Musharraf, Pakistan's military ruler, control the forces that helped create the Taliban in Afghanistan? In this fascinating book, journalist Owen Bennett Jones looks at Pakistan's turbulent past, recounts its recent history, and assesses its future options. A new introduction brings the account fully up to date.
language: English
title: Pakistan: Eye of the Storm
titlecomplete: Pakistan: Eye of the Storm
genres: History, Cultural, Nonfiction, Pakistan, Politics
ratings_count: 237
publisher: Yale University Press / Yale Nota Bene