The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power - Couverture rigide

Ali, Tariq

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 1847373550 ISBN 13 : 9781847373557

Editeur : Simon & Schuster Ltd, 2008

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur :

Pakistan, the likely home of Osama Bin Laden and safe house for the Taliban forces fighting NATO in Afghanistan, stands on the front line of the war against terror. Yet, as recent events have shown, this long-time ally of the West and recipient of $10 billion of American aid in the past decade, is in deepening crisis. As President Pervez Musharraf struggles, with ever-diminishing success, to cling to power through states of emergency and imprisonment of his opponents, a range of forces are attempting to fill the vacuum that surrounds him: (before her death) Benazir Bhutto and Nawaz Sharif, both previous presidents themselves and, Ali, argues, more corrupt than Musharraf himself; a lawyers movement that has taken to the streets demanding adherence to the constitution and the rule of law; and the Islamists in Waziristan and the North West Frontier whose increasingly effective assaults on the Pakistan army threaten to tip the country into full-blown civil war.
With customary verve and acuity, Ali parses the prospects for these contending groups, drawing on extensive first-hand research and personal knowledge of many of the key players involved to assess the causes and consequences of Pakistan's rapid spiral into political chaos.

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Praise for The Clash of Fundamentalisms
'Ali's style is vigorous, his narrative compelling' Karen Armstrong, The Times
'Urbane, highly intelligent and vividly written. One hopes this fine study will earn no fatwa' Richard Sennett, Times Literary Supplement
'Timely and important . . . [Ali] is lucid, eloquent, literary, and painfully honest, as he dissects both Islamic and Western fundamentalism' Howard Zinn
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À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Simon & Schuster Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1847373550
• ISBN 13: 9781847373557
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 304