The unraveling
Subtitle: Pakistan in the age of jihad
By: John R. Schmidt
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 279
ISBN-13: 9780374280437
Subjects: Politics and government; Pakistan; Political culture; Government policy; Political leadership; Islamic fundamentalism; Pakistan. Army; Jihad; Feudalism; Social conditions; Terrorism; Foreign relations
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: An improbable state; title: The feudals and the army; title: Religion, Zia, and the anti-Soviet jihad in Afghanistan; title: Kashmir, India, and the institutionalization of jihad; title: The Taliban, Bin Laden, and the road to 9/11; title: The tribal areas, 9/11, and the rise of the Pakistani Taliban; title: Lal Masjid, army failures, and the domestic terrorism campaign; title: Mumbai, the Buner moment, and troubles with the U.S.; title: The shape of things to come; title: The final unraveling.