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Pakistan: A Modern History

Pakistan: A Modern History

by IanTalbot (Author)

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    Paperback 1999

    $5.87
Synopsis

This study offers a detailed analysis of the problems which have beset Pakistan's nation-building enterprise since its birth in 1947. It explores why authoritarianism has prevailed over attempts to establish democracy and how foundational flaws and socio-political obstacles continue to obstruct the path to representative politics and national integration. In his close reading of government strategies from 1947 to the present, Ian Talbot explores the second partition of 1971 (the establishment of Bangladesh), the intricacies Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto's fall from power, the Islamic dictatorship of General Zia ul-Haq and the collapse of Benazir Bhutto's two governments, underlining their implications for the country's future and pointing to the key issues which need to be addressed if stability is to be achieved.

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Format: Paperback
 Pages: 436
 Publisher: C Hurst & Co Publishers Ltd
Published: 02 Jul 1999
ISBN 10: 1850653852
ISBN 13: 9781850653851

Media Reviews
'A first rate history of Pakistan...each new telling of the Pakistan story inevitably throws up new insights ... this book is replete with them ... an objective and positive assessment. The most up todate single volume account of Pakistan.' -Friday Times, Lahore 'Bound to become a standard reference among the watchers of South Asia.'-Publishers Weekly 'Essential reading for scholars and students seekingan informed narrative of Pakistani political history.'-Journal of Asian Studies This book fills the need for a broad, historically sophisticated understanding of Pakistan, a country which is understood by many in the West only in terms of stereotypes-the fanatical, authoritarian and reactionary 'other' which is unfavourably compared to a tolerant, democratic and progressive India. Pakistan is in reality a complex plural society which although greatly shaped by the colonial inheritance and circumstances of its birth, is also experiencing rapid change. Talbot's approach breaks down stereotypes and assists in answering the vexed question of why democracy has succeeded in India, while Pakistan has been subject to long periods of authoritarianism during its five decades of existence. He brings the story of Pakistan right up to date and discusses the rise of jihadi militancy, the assassination of Benazir Bhutto and the resilience of its people in the face of military dictatorship and economic hardship.
Author Bio
Ian Talbot isProfessor of History at Southampton University, one of Europe's leading historians of South Asia, and the author of many books on the sub-continent.