Synopses & Reviews
This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Bennett Jonesand#8217; market-leading account of this critical modern state includes fresh material on the Taliban insurgency, the Musharraf years, the return and subsequent assassination of Benazir Bhutto, and the unlikely election as president of Asif Ali Zardari.
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Praise for the first edition
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and#147;The world has a stake in what happens in Pakistan. How great a stake, this book makes compellingly clear.and#8221;and#151;Robert M. Hathaway, Wilson Quarterly
and#147;[A] lucid and sobering examination. . . . Owen Bennett Jones has delivered a well-crafted, clear, balanced and often quite lively account that should be immensely useful.and#8221;and#151;Thomas W. Lippman, Washington Post Book World
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Owen Bennett Jones was BBC correspondent in Pakistan and is now correspondent in Asia for the BBC World Service. He has written for the Guardian, the Financial Times, the Independent, the London Review of Books, and Prospect magazine.
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. . . . Jones masterfully explores the historical, institutional, ideological and class forces that have created the fine mess that is today's Pakistan.
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"Comprehensive. . . . The product of impressive expertise."and#8212;Robert D. Kaplan,
New York Times Book Review
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"[A] lucid and sobering examination. . . . Owen Bennett Jones has delivered a well-crafted, clear, balanced and often quite lively account that should be immensely useful to Americans who want to understand this difficult ally."and#8212;Thomas W. Lippman,
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About the Author
Owen Bennett Jones was a BBC correspondent in Pakistan between 1998 and 2001 and witnessed firsthand many of the events that brought General Musharraf to power. He has written for the
Guardian, Financial Times, and
Independent newspapers, the
London Review of Books and
Prospect magazine.