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Pakistan

In the Shadow of Jihad and Afghanistan

By: Mary Anne Weaver

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Pakistan

In the Shadow of Jihad and Afghanistan

By: Mary Anne Weaver

The Pakistan Of Today Is A Far Cry From The Country That Its Founders Envisaged. Far From Being A Progressive State Founded On Islam, It Has Today Become One Of Most Frightening Places On Earth, Possessing Thirty To Fifty Nuclear Weapons, A Dozen Or So Private Islamic Armies And A Militant Agenda That Has Thrown Its Own Society Into Ferment. The Developments In Pakistan Are Of Special Concern To Its Neighbour India. And The Man Who Will Determine Pakistan S Future Course At This Crucial Juncture Is The Little-Known And Enigmatic General Pervez Musharraf. In This Book, Mary Anne Weaver Elucidates A Country In Turmoil Through Two Decades Of Eyewitness Reporting And Unparalleled Access To Pakistan S Presidents, Prime Ministers, Generals And Politicians. Here Are Rare And Revealing Portraits Of General Musharraf, Who Rose Through The Ranks To Become Benazir Bhutto S Chief Of Military Operations And Then Assumed Control In A Historic Military Coup; Of General Zia, Who Launched Pakistan On Its Present Militant Islamist Course While At The Same Time Transforming It Into The Hub Of U.S. Policy On The Indian Subcontinent; And Of Benazir Bhutto Herself Charismatic, Imperious, Conflicted, Commanding And The First Woman Prime Minister Of An Islamic Country. Weaver Provides An Essential Background For Those Seeking To Understand Pakistan And The Problems Confronting The International Community, And Poses Some Deeply Disturbing Questions About The Future Of Conflict In South Asia. Pakistan: In The Shadow Of Jihad And Afghanistan Stands As A Compelling And Significant Testament To An Enormously Complex Nation.

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067004959X

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9780670049592

A Portrait of Egypt

A Journey Through the World of Militant Islam

By: Mary Anne Weaver

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A Portrait of Egypt

A Journey Through the World of Militant Islam

By: Mary Anne Weaver

For centuries Egypt has been a citadel of Islamic learning and thought, and since the signing of the Egyptian-Israeli Peace Treaty in 1979, it has been of immense strategic importance to American interests in the Middle East. But Egypt is also a country in crisis, torn between the old and the new, between unsettled religious revival and secular politics. President Hosni Mubarak favors a secular society. But Mubarak's government faces constant conflict with militant clerics such as Sheikh Omar Abdel-Rahman. In A Portrait of Egypt, Mary Anne Weaver argues that an Islamist victory in Egypt is almost inevitable, and, unlike that of Shi'ite Iran, its impact on the Islamic world will be truly profound. Based on exclusive interviews with militants and front men, generals and presidents, A Portrait of Egypt is essential reading for anyone trying to understand the far-reaching consequences of the growing impact of Islamist politics and policies on the West.

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Farrar, Straus and Giroux

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1429998725

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9781429998727

Pakistan

Deep Inside the World's Most Frightening State

By: Mary Anne Weaver

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Pakistan

Deep Inside the World's Most Frightening State

By: Mary Anne Weaver

An eyewitness account by an acclaimed New Yorker reporter Wedged between India and Afghanistan, Pakistan is the second-largest nation in the Islamic world, and is situated in what is currently one of the most volatile regions on earth. It has assumed a commanding role in militant Islam, a frightening portent being its creation of Afghanistan's bizarre fundamentalist student militia, the Taliban; and with some fifteen private Islamist armies and at least twenty nuclear weapons, it is considered to be one of the most terrifying places in the world. Its disintegration would pose an unthinkable threat to the United States and the West, and the man who will determine Pakistan's future course is the little-known, enigmatic General Pervez Musharraf. Mary Anne Weaver presents her personal journey through a country in turmoil, reconstructing, largely in the voices of the key participants themselves--Generals Musharraf and Zia, and Benazir Bhutto--the legacies now haunting Pakistan in the aftermath of the U.S.-sponsored jihad of the 1980s in Afghanistan. Fusing geopolitical choices with a vivid portrait of a land--of its people, its mystery, and its clans--Pakistan: In the Shadow of Jihad and Afghanistan, provides an essential background for those seeking to understand the problems the international community now faces, and poses some deeply disturbing questions about the future of conflict in South Asia.

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Macmillan + ORM

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142994451X

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9781429944519

Benazir Bhutto

Pakistani Prime Minister and Activist

By: Mary Englar

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Benazir Bhutto

Pakistani Prime Minister and Activist

By: Mary Englar

Examines the life of Pakistan's first woman prime minister.

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Capstone

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0756517982

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