REVIEWS:
“Bennett Jones’s intelligent book is an excellent source of information.”
—Anatol Lieven, London Review of Books

“I found it difficult to put down . . . Bennett Jones has that rare objectivity and realism that are the fruits of many years’ reporting and presenting on Pakistan for the various current affairs programmes of the World Service . . . For the general reader who expects Pakistan to give the world some hair-raising moments over the next few years, the cost of this book is justified by its introductory and concluding chapters alone.”
—Hazhir Teimourian, The Literary Review

“Owen Bennett Jones is well placed to tell the Pakistan story . . .For anyone interested in the history of Pakistan and in putting into context events in the region today, this book is very helpful.”—Miriam Donohoe, Irish Times

DESCRIPTION:
This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Bennett Jones’s marketleading account of this critical modern state includes fresh material on the Taliban insurgency, the Musharraf years, the return and subsequent assassination of Benazir Bhutto and the unlikely election as president of Asif Ali Zardari.

AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY:
 Read more about Owen Bennett-Jones. Owen Bennett Jones was BBC correspondent in Pakistan and is now correspondent in Asia for the BBC World,Service. He has written for the Guardian, Financial Times, and Independent newspapers, the London Review of Books and Prospect magazine.

SUBJECT CLASSIFICATIONS:
Asian / Middle Eastern history: postwar, from c 1945 -

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
Illustrations: 32 black-&-white illustrations + 4 maps
Number of Pages: 368
Dewey: 954.9105