Pakistan
A Hard Country
Nonfiction, History, Asian, India, Asia, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International, International Relations
| Author: | Anatol Lieven | ISBN: | 9781610391627 |
| Publisher: | PublicAffairs | Publication: | March 6, 2012 |
| Imprint: | PublicAffairs | Language: | English |
| Author: | Anatol Lieven |
| ISBN: | 9781610391627 |
| Publisher: | PublicAffairs |
| Publication: | March 6, 2012 |
| Imprint: | PublicAffairs |
| Language: | English |
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 longterm threat is ecological change.
Anatol Lieven's book is a magisterial investigation of this highly complex and often poorly understood country. 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.
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 longterm threat is ecological change.
Anatol Lieven's book is a magisterial investigation of this highly complex and often poorly understood country. 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.
