The Struggle for Pakistan : : A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics / / Ayesha Jalal.
Established as a homeland for India's Muslims in 1947, Pakistan has had a tumultuous history that has unfolded in the vortex of dire regional and international conflicts. Beset by assassinations, coups, ethnic strife, and the breakaway of Bangladesh in 1971, the country has found itself too oft...
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Jalal, Ayesha, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut The Struggle for Pakistan : A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics / Ayesha Jalal. Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2014] ©2014 1 online resource (420 p.) : 22 halftones, 4 maps text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Prologue -- ONE. From Minority to Nation -- TWO. Truncated State, Divided Nation -- THREE. Sprawling Military Barrack -- FOUR. Pitfalls Of Martial Rule -- FIVE. Toward the Watershed of 1971 -- SIX. The Rise and Fall of Populism -- SEVEN. Martial Rule in Islamic Garb -- EIGHT. Democracy Restored? -- NINE. A Geostrategic Riddle -- TEN. Entangled Endgames -- Epilogue. Overcoming Terror -- NOTES. GLOSSARY. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. INDEX -- Notes -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Index restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Established as a homeland for India's Muslims in 1947, Pakistan has had a tumultuous history that has unfolded in the vortex of dire regional and international conflicts. Beset by assassinations, coups, ethnic strife, and the breakaway of Bangladesh in 1971, the country has found itself too often contending with religious extremism and military authoritarianism. Now, in a probing biography of her native land amid the throes of global change, Ayesha Jalal provides an insider's assessment of how this nuclear-armed Muslim nation evolved as it did and explains why its dilemmas weigh so heavily on prospects for peace in the region. Attentive to Pakistan's external relations as well as its internal dynamics, Jalal shows how the vexed relationship with the United States, border disputes with Afghanistan in the west, and the conflict with India over Kashmir in the east have played into the hands of the generals who purchased security at the cost of strong democratic institutions. Combined with domestic ethnic and regional rivalries, such pressures have created a siege mentality that encourages military domination and militant extremism. Since 9/11, the country has been widely portrayed as a breeding ground for Islamic terrorism. Assessing the threats posed by Al-Qaeda and the Taliban as American troops withdraw from Afghanistan, Jalal contends that the battle for Pakistan's soul is far from over. Her definitive biography reveals how pluralism and democracy continue to struggle for a place in this Muslim homeland, where they are so essential to its future. Issued also in print. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 30. Aug 2021) Civil-military relations Pakistan. Democracy Pakistan. Geopolitics Pakistan. Islam and politics Pakistan. Islam and state Pakistan. HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia. bisacsh Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package 9783110649772 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Complete Package 2014 9783110369526 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE History 2014 9783110370225 ZDB-23-DEG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Harvard University Press Complete eBook-Package 2014-2015 9783110665901 print 9780674052895 https://doi.org/10.4159/harvard.9780674735859 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780674735859 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780674735859.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Abbreviations -- Prologue -- ONE. From Minority to Nation -- TWO. Truncated State, Divided Nation -- THREE. Sprawling Military Barrack -- FOUR. Pitfalls Of Martial Rule -- FIVE. Toward the Watershed of 1971 -- SIX. The Rise and Fall of Populism -- SEVEN. Martial Rule in Islamic Garb -- EIGHT. Democracy Restored? -- NINE. A Geostrategic Riddle -- TEN. Entangled Endgames -- Epilogue. Overcoming Terror -- NOTES. GLOSSARY. ACKNOWLEDGMENTS. INDEX -- Notes -- Glossary -- Acknowledgments -- Index |
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