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.