Talbot, Ian.

Pakistan : a new history / Ian Talbot. - xv, 284 pages ; 23 cm

Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-273) and index.

Pakistan: land, people, society -- Understanding the failure of Pakistan's first experiment with democracy 1947/58 -- Ayub's Pakistan: the end of the beginning -- Bhutto's Pakistan: a missed opportunity -- Zia and the quest for Pakistan's stability -- Pakistan's democratic interlude 1988/99 -- The Janus state: Pakistan under Musharraf -- Surviving the storm: Zardari's Pakistan -- Epilogue: future long-term challenges, prospects and possibilities.

97801990666957

2012518461


Pakistan--History.

DS382 / .T354 2012b

954.9105