TY - BOOK AU - Jalal,Ayesha TI - The struggle for Pakistan: a Muslim homeland and global politics SN - 9780674735859 AV - DS383 .S778 2014 PY - 2014/// CY - Cambridge, Massachusetts PB - The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press KW - Civil-military relations KW - Pakistan KW - Democracy KW - Islam and politics KW - Islam and state KW - Geopolitics KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Prologue: 'speak, for your lips are free' --; From minority to nation --; Truncated state, divided nation --; A sprawling military barrack --; Pitfalls of martial rule --; Toward the watershed of 1971 --; The rise and fall of populism --; Martial rule in an Islamic garb --; Democracy restored? --; A geostrategic riddle --; Entangled endgames --; Epilogue: overcoming terror; 2; b N2 - In a probing biography of her native land, Ayesha Jalal provides a unique insider's assessment of how the nuclear-armed Muslim nation of Pakistan evolved into a country besieged by military domination and militant religious extremism, and explains why its dilemmas weigh so heavily on prospects for peace in the region UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=781921&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -