Pakistan: Eye of the Storm - Brossura

Jones, Owen Bennett

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ISBN 10: 0300154755 ISBN 13: 9780300154757

Casa editrice: Yale Univ Pr, 2009

Riassunto

This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Bennett Jones’ market-leading 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.

Praise for the first edition

The world has a stake in what happens in Pakistan. How great a stake, this book makes compellingly clear.”Robert M. Hathaway,Wilson Quarterly

[A] lucid and sobering examination. . . . Owen Bennett Jones has delivered a well-crafted, clear, balanced and often quite lively account that should be immensely useful.”Thomas W. Lippman,Washington Post Book World

Owen Bennett Jones was BBC correspondent in Pakistan and is now correspondent in Asia for the BBC World Service. He has written for theGuardian, the Financial Times, the Independent, the London Review of Books,and Prospect magazine.

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Recensione:

'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 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, Literary Review. 'Bennett Jones's intelligent book is an excellent source of information.' Anatol Lieven, London Review of Books. '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. 'The world has a stake in what happens in Pakistan. How great a stake, this book makes compellingly clear.' Robert M. Hathaway, Wilson Quarterly. 'A lucid and sobering examination... Owen Bennett Jones has delivered a well-crafted, clear, balanced and often quite lively account that should be immensely useful.' Thomas W. Lippman, Washington Post Book World. --Literary Review, London Review of Books, Irish Times, Wilson Quarterly, Washington Post Book World

L'autore:

Owen Bennett Jones was a BBC correspondent in Pakistan between 1998 and 2001 and witnessed firsthand many of the events that brought General Musharraf to power. He has written for theGuardian, Financial Times, and Independent newspapers, the London Review of Books and Prospect magazine.

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• Editore: Yale Univ Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2009
• ISBN 10: 0300154755
• ISBN 13: 9780300154757
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 372