Struggle for Pakistan: A Muslim Homeland and Global Politics

by Ayesha Jalal

Book Overview

Established as a homeland for India's Muslims in 1947, Pakistan has had a tumultuous history. Beset by assassinations, coups, ethnic strife, and the breakaway of Bangladesh in 1971, the country has found itself too often contending with religious extremism and military authoritarianism. Now, in a probing biography of her native land amid the throes of global change, Ayesha Jalal provides an insider's assessment of how this nuclear-armed Muslim...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674979834
• ISBN13: 9780674979833
• Release Date: November 2017
• Publisher: Belknap
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.6" x 8.9"