The Struggle for Pakistan : : A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics /

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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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Jalal, Ayesha,
Place / Publishing House:Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2014]
©2014
Year of Publication:2014
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (420 p.) :; 22 halftones, 4 maps
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Table of Contents:
  • 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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