Pakistan: A Hard Country
| AUTHOR | Lieven, Anatol |
| PUBLISHER | PublicAffairs (03/06/2012) |
| PRODUCT TYPE | Paperback (Paperback) |
Description
In the past decade Pakistan has become a country of immense importance to its region, the United States, and the world. With almost 200 million people, a 500,000-man army, nuclear weapons, and a large diaspora in Britain and North America, Pakistan is central to the hopes of jihadis and the fears of their enemies. Yet the greatest short-term threat to Pakistan is not Islamist insurgency as such, but the actions of the United States, and the greatest long-term threat is ecological change. Anatol Lieven's book is a magisterial investigation of this highly complex and often poorly understood country: its regions, ethnicities, competing religious traditions, varied social landscapes, deep political tensions, and historical patterns of violence; but also its surprising underlying stability, rooted in kinship, patronage, and the power of entrenched local elites. Engagingly written, combining history and profound analysis with reportage from Lieven's extensive travels as a journalist and academic, Pakistan: A Hard Country is both utterly compelling and deeply revealing.
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ISBN-13:
9781610391450
ISBN-10:
1610391454
Binding:
Paperback or Softback (Trade Paperback (Us))
Content Language:
English
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Page Count:
608
Carton Quantity:
10
Product Dimensions:
6.10 x 1.40 x 9.10 inches
Weight:
2.07 pound(s)
Feature Codes:
Bibliography,
Index,
Price on Product,
Maps,
Table of Contents,
Glossary,
Illustrated
Country of Origin:
US
Subject Information
BISAC Categories
History | Middle East - General
History | Security (National & International)
History | International Relations - General
Dewey Decimal:
956
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In the past decade Pakistan has become a country of immense importance to its region, the United States, and the world. With almost 200 million people, a 500,000-man army, nuclear weapons, and a large diaspora in Britain and North America, Pakistan is central to the hopes of jihadis and the fears of their enemies. Yet the greatest short-term threat to Pakistan is not Islamist insurgency as such, but the actions of the United States, and the greatest long-term threat is ecological change. Anatol Lieven's book is a magisterial investigation of this highly complex and often poorly understood country: its regions, ethnicities, competing religious traditions, varied social landscapes, deep political tensions, and historical patterns of violence; but also its surprising underlying stability, rooted in kinship, patronage, and the power of entrenched local elites. Engagingly written, combining history and profound analysis with reportage from Lieven's extensive travels as a journalist and academic, Pakistan: A Hard Country is both utterly compelling and deeply revealing.
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Author:
Lieven, Anatol
Following his career as a Moscow-based correspondent for "The Times" of London, Anatol Lieven was a fellow at the United States Institute of Peace in 1996. He was also a correspondent in Central Europe for the "Financial Times", and is now editor of "Strategic Comments" and expert on post-Soviet affairs at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. Lieven is the author of "Chechnya: Tombstone of Russian Power" and the prize-winning "The Baltic Revolution".
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