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Author Abbas, Hassan, 1969-

Title Pakistan's drift into extremism : Allah, the army, and America's war on terror / Hassan Abbas ; foreword by Jessica Stern.

Publication Info. Armonk, N.Y. ; London : M.E. Sharpe, [2005]
©2005

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 Moore Stacks  DS384 .A27 2005    Available  ---
Description xvii, 275 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm
Note "An East gate book."
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents The early years : a dream deferred -- Ayub Era : Kashmir and the 1965 war with India -- General Yahya and the dismemberment of Pakistan -- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto : the charismatic -- General Zia ul-Haq : the redefinition of a country -- A return to democracy : Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif -- General Pervez Musharraf : a season of hope -- Jihadi outfits : Pakistan's "rent-a-son" agencies -- 9/11 and the war on terror -- The road ahead.
Subject Pakistan -- Politics and government.
Pakistan.
Politics and government.
Islamic fundamentalism -- Pakistan.
Islamic fundamentalism.
Islam and politics -- Pakistan.
Islam and politics.
Pakistan -- Armed Forces -- Political activity.
Armed Forces.
Political participation.
Radicalism -- Pakistan.
Radicalism.
ISBN 0765614960 hardcover alkaline paper