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Tinderbox : the past and future of Pakistan
- Title
- Tinderbox : the past and future of Pakistan / M.J. Akbar.
- Author
- Akbar, M. J.
- Publication
- New York : Harper Perennial, ©2012.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Details
- Description
- xvi, 376 pages; 21 cm
- Summary
- A narrative history of Pakistan investigates the events, people, and mindset that fractured a nation and documents the conflict between Muslim and Hindu culture, exploring the role the relationship has played in defining modern Pakistan.
- Alternative Title
- Past and future of Pakistan
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- History.
- Note
- Originally published in 2011 in India by HarperCollins India, a joint venture with the India Today Group.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- The age of defeat -- A scimitar at Somanath -- A theory of distance -- An English finesse -- Grey wolf -- Gandhi's Maulanas -- The non-violent jihad -- The Muslim drift from Gandhi -- Breaking point -- Faith in faith -- The godfather of Pakistan -- God's general -- The long jihad -- Pakistan: the siege within.
- ISBN
- 9780062131799
- 0062131796
- LCCN
- 2012372243
- OCLC
- ocn792934797
- 792934797
- SCSB-14426637
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library