The idea of Pakistan
By: Stephen Philip Cohen.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 382
Subjects: Pakistan.
Description: "In recent years Pakistan has emerged as a strategic player on the world stage - both as a potential rogue state armed with nuclear weapons and as an American ally in the war against terrorism. But our understanding of this country is superficial." "To probe beyond the headlines, Stephen Cohen, author of the prize-winning India: Emerging Power, offers a panoramic portrait of this complex country - from its origins as a homeland for Indian Muslims to a military-dominated state that has experienced uneven economic growth, political chaos, sectarian violence, and several nuclear crises with its much larger neighbor, India."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The idea of Pakistan; title: The state of Pakistan; title: The army's Pakistan; title: Political Pakistan; title: Islamic Pakistan; title: Regionalism and separatism; title: Demographic, educational, and economic prospects; title: Pakistan's futures; title: American options.