02931cam a2200433 a 4500 70251 20230410103911.0 080425s2008 nyub b 001 0 eng 2008018358 (OCoLC)ocn226911651 DLC DLC BAKER BTCTA YDXCP BWX BUR IXA VP@ AFQ DMZ CQU 191933831 9781416561019 1416561013 NZ1 12460245 AU@ 000043044092 (OCoLC)226911651 (OCoLC)191933831 a-pk--- 429 DS 384 A398d 2008 954.9105 22 GRAL Ali, Tariq. The duel : Pakistan on the flight path of American power / Tariq Ali. 1st Scribner hardcover ed. New York : Scribner, 2008. xii, 288 p. : map ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. Pakistan at sixty : a conflagration of despair -- Rewinding Pakistan : birth of tragedy -- The Washington quartet : the man who would be field marshal -- The Washington quartet : the general who lost a country -- The Washington quartet : the soldier of Islam -- The Washington quartet : the general as chief executive -- The house of Bhutto : daughter of the West -- On the flight path of American power -- Operation Enduring Freedom : mirage of the "good: war -- Can Pakistan be recycled? Pakistan is the sixth most populous country in the world, the only Islamic state to have nuclear weapons, under military dictatorship for 33 of its 50 years in existence. Its 1000-mile border with Afghanistan is the likely hideout of Osama bin Laden--yet it is the linchpin in the United States' war on terror. With increasingly bold attacks by Taliban supporters in the border regions threatening to split the Pakistan army, with the only political alternatives as corrupt as the regime they seek to replace, and with a newly radicalized movement of lawyers testing its strength as champions of the rule of law, the chances of sustained stability in Pakistan look slim. Tariq Ali, long acknowledged as a leading commentator on Pakistan, combines deep understanding of the country with extensive firsthand research and unsparing political judgment to weigh the prospects of those contending for power today.--From publisher description. Pakistan Politics and government. Table of contents only http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0817/2008018358.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0835/2008018358-d.html YBP Library Services YANK 2801586 Blackwell Book Service BBUS R6734969 $26.00 Baker & Taylor BKTY 26.00 19.50 1416561013 0007624668 active Baker and Taylor BTCP 2008018358 lcc bk C0 DRFGD 28042 28042 0 0 lcc 0 0 RR BJB BJB RR 2023-04-10 1 0 429 DS 384 A398d 2008 00000060873 2018-10-23 00:00:00 1 2018-10-23 bk