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Pakistan: a Hard Country
Anatol Lieven
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Description for Pakistan: a Hard Country
Paperback. In the wake of Pakistan's development of nuclear weapons, unpoliceable border areas, shelter of the Afghan Taliban and Bin Laden, there is a clear need to look further than the simple image of a failed state so often portrayed in the media. This title offers an understanding of this remarkable and highly contradictory country. Num Pages: 592 pages, 16 pp. BIC Classification: 1FKP; 3JJP; 3JM; HBJF; HBLW3; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 201 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
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In the wake of Pakistan's development of nuclear weapons, unpoliceable border areas, shelter of the Afghan Taliban and Bin Laden, and the spread of terrorist attacks by groups based in Pakistan to London, Bombay and New York, there is a clear need to look further than the simple image of a failed state so often portrayed in the media, and to see instead a country of immense complexity and importance.
Lieven's profound and sophisticated analysis paves the way for clearer understanding of this remarkable and highly contradictory country.
Product Details
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Number of Pages
592
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780141038247
SKU
V9780141038247
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About Anatol Lieven
Anatol Lieven is Professor of International Relations and Terrorism Studies at King's College, London and a senior fellow of the New America Foundation in Washington DC. He was previously a journalist, who reported from South Asia, the former Soviet Union and eastern Europe for The Times (London) and other publications. His books include Chechnya: Tombstone of Russian Power (1998); America Right or Wrong: An Anatomy of American Nationalism (2004); and Ethical Realism: A Vision for America's Role in the World (with John Hulsman) (2006).
Reviews for Pakistan: a Hard Country
Superb ... Few writers offer the insight and deep knowledge that Lieven has of a country critical for the West but one often caricatured by the media and rarely understood by Western policy makers ... Timely and compelling
Maleeha Lodhi This is a wonderful book, full of learning, wisdom, humour and common sense
Peter Oborne
Daily Telegraph
One cannot give Lieven enough credit ... The book seamlessly flows with historical analysis, anthropological investigation, and painstaking contextualisation ... It is both grand in its scholastic description and in its journalistic flair
Ahmad Ali Khalid
Dawn
A finely researched blend of the nation's 64-year history ... Lieven's feat lies in his remarkable, flesh-and-blood portrait of the nation ... this nuanced analysis should be read, and learned from
The Independent
By far the most insightful survey of Pakistan I have read in recent years ... a vital book ... detailed and nuanced
Mohsin Hamid
New York Review of Books
Lieven captures the richness of the place wonderfully. His book has the virtues of both journalism and scholarship
The Economist
An important corrective to the monolithic view of Pakistan ... fresh and deeply informed
Patrick French
Mail on Sunday
A brilliantly articulated and researched argument ... Lieven is a wonderful writer. There are frequent moments of dark humour ... and descriptions that a novelist might envy
Kamila Shamsie
The Times
Everybody nowadays seems to take a view on Pakistan. Very few know what they're talking about. Anatol Lieven is that rare observer ... Pakistan: A Hard Country ... fills a large gap in our understanding
Edward Luce, author of 'In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India'
The publication of Pakistan: A Hard Country could not be more timely ... illuminating as well as entertaining
The Spectator
Maleeha Lodhi This is a wonderful book, full of learning, wisdom, humour and common sense
Peter Oborne
Daily Telegraph
One cannot give Lieven enough credit ... The book seamlessly flows with historical analysis, anthropological investigation, and painstaking contextualisation ... It is both grand in its scholastic description and in its journalistic flair
Ahmad Ali Khalid
Dawn
A finely researched blend of the nation's 64-year history ... Lieven's feat lies in his remarkable, flesh-and-blood portrait of the nation ... this nuanced analysis should be read, and learned from
The Independent
By far the most insightful survey of Pakistan I have read in recent years ... a vital book ... detailed and nuanced
Mohsin Hamid
New York Review of Books
Lieven captures the richness of the place wonderfully. His book has the virtues of both journalism and scholarship
The Economist
An important corrective to the monolithic view of Pakistan ... fresh and deeply informed
Patrick French
Mail on Sunday
A brilliantly articulated and researched argument ... Lieven is a wonderful writer. There are frequent moments of dark humour ... and descriptions that a novelist might envy
Kamila Shamsie
The Times
Everybody nowadays seems to take a view on Pakistan. Very few know what they're talking about. Anatol Lieven is that rare observer ... Pakistan: A Hard Country ... fills a large gap in our understanding
Edward Luce, author of 'In Spite of the Gods: The Strange Rise of Modern India'
The publication of Pakistan: A Hard Country could not be more timely ... illuminating as well as entertaining
The Spectator