This book contains: 1. Introductory: British supremacy in India 2. Outbreak of World War II and the demand of Pakistan 3. War, politics and the movement for Pakistan 4. War effort and the new realities 5. Postwar policies and the struggle for Pakistan 6. Mutinies and the civil war 7. Military question and the establishment.
Pakistan - with its political instability, vociferous Islamic community, pressing economic and social problems, access to nuclear weapons, and proximity to Afghanistan - stands at the very center of global attention. Can General Musharraf, Pakistan's military ruler, control the forces that helped create the Taliban in Afghanistan? In this book, journalist Owen Bennett Jones looks at Pakistan's …
Although Pakistan achieved independence in 1947, it still has not succeeded in integrating its diverse peoples into a nation as its short yet turbulent history vividly demonstrates. The nation's search for stability is traced in this new introduction to Pakistan's political, economic and social development. New chapters detail political developments since 1991, including the elections of 1993 a…