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Playing with Fire: Pakistan at War with Itself
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- Release Year
- 2011
- ISBN
- 9781400069118
- Book Title
- Playing with Fire : Pakistan at War with Itself
- Publisher
- Random House, Incorporated
- Item Length
- 9.5 in
- Publication Year
- 2011
- Format
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Illustrator
- Yes
- Item Height
- 1 in
- Genre
- Travel, Religion, History, Social Science, Political Science
- Topic
- Asia / Southeast Asia, Sociology / General, Fundamentalism, International Relations / General, Asia / India & South Asia, Islam / General, Political Ideologies / Democracy, Religion, Politics & State, World / Asian
- Item Weight
- 23.1 Oz
- Item Width
- 6.4 in
- Number of Pages
- 352 Pages
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A volatile nation at the heart of major cultural, political, and religious conflicts in the world today, Pakistan commands our attention. Yet more than six decades after the country's founding as a Muslim democracy, it continues to struggle over its basic identity, alliances, and direction. In Playing with Fire, acclaimed journalist Pamela Constable peels back layers of contradiction and confusion to reveal the true face of modern Pakistan. In this richly reported and movingly written chronicle, Constable takes us on a panoramic tour of contemporary Pakistan, exploring the fears and frustrations, dreams and beliefs, that animate the lives of ordinary citizens in this nuclear-armed nation of 170 million. From the opulent, insular salons of the elite to the brick quarries where soot-covered workers sell their kidneys to get out of debt, this is a haunting portrait of a society riven by inequality and corruption, and increasingly divided by competing versions of Islam. Beneath the façade of democracy in Pakistan, Constable reveals the formidable hold of its business, bureaucratic, and military elites--including the country's powerful spy agency, the ISI. This is a society where the majority of the population feels powerless, and radical Islamist groups stoke popular resentment to recruit shock troops for global jihad. Writing with an uncommon ear for the nuances of this conflicted culture, Constable explores the extent to which faith permeates every level of Pakistani society--and the ambivalence many Muslims feel about the role it should play in the life of the nation. Both an empathic and alarming look inside one of the world's most violent and vexing countries, Playing with Fire is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand modern Pakistan and its momentous role on today's global stage.
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Publisher
Random House, Incorporated
ISBN-10
1400069114
ISBN-13
9781400069118
eBay Product ID (ePID)
109018081
Product Key Features
Book Title
Playing with Fire : Pakistan at War with Itself
Number of Pages
352 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2011
Topic
Asia / Southeast Asia, Sociology / General, Fundamentalism, International Relations / General, Asia / India & South Asia, Islam / General, Political Ideologies / Democracy, Religion, Politics & State, World / Asian
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Travel, Religion, History, Social Science, Political Science
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
23.1 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Dewey Edition
22
Reviews
Advance praise for Playing with Fire "Pamela Constable, one of the world's leading reporters on South Asia, has distilled her many years of reporting on Pakistan and turned them into an accessible and well-written account that illuminates one of the world's most opaque countries. Constable does that by meeting and understanding all sorts of Pakistanis from rural laborers who live like serfs to their feudal politician bosses. Her book is a key to understanding this much misunderstood country."-Peter L. Bergen, New York Times bestselling author of The Longest War and Holy War, Inc. "Pamela Constable has woven the fabric of Pakistan into an engrossing and vivid portrait of a country dangerously on the edge. With empathy yet unblinking candor, Constable exposes the powerful rifts tearing Pakistan apart and delivers a sobering warning about the future of both state and society."-David E. Hoffman, Pulitzer Prizewinning author of The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy "Pakistan has become one of the great problem-countries for the world, especially for the United States which did much to help it but also much to create the present malformed state. Pamela Constable has written the best introduction yet to this troubled and troublesome country, where the very idea of Pakistan is in tatters and the state is failing. Her emphasis on the powerlessness of ordinary Pakistanis, the cupidity of its political and military institutions, and the head-in-the-sand attitude of Pakistan's elites is alarming but accurate. Not bogged down in detail, this is the best overview of Pakistan yet published."-Stephen P. Cohen, senior fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution, Advance praise for Playing with Fire "Pamela Constable, one of the world's leading reporters on South Asia, has distilled her many years of reporting on Pakistan and turned them into an accessible and well-written account that illuminates one of the world's most opaque countries. Constable does that by meeting and understanding all sorts of Pakistanis from rural laborers who live like serfs to their feudal politician bosses. Her book is a key to understanding this much misunderstood country."--Peter L. Bergen, New York Times bestselling author of The Longest War and Holy War, Inc. "Pamela Constable has woven the fabric of Pakistan into an engrossing and vivid portrait of a country dangerously on the edge. With empathy yet unblinking candor, Constable exposes the powerful rifts tearing Pakistan apart and delivers a sobering warning about the future of both state and society."--David E. Hoffman, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of The Dead Hand: The Untold Story of the Cold War Arms Race and Its Dangerous Legacy "Pakistan has become one of the great problem-countries for the world, especially for the United States which did much to help it but also much to create the present malformed state. Pamela Constable has written the best introduction yet to this troubled and troublesome country, where the very idea of Pakistan is in tatters and the state is failing. Her emphasis on the powerlessness of ordinary Pakistanis, the cupidity of its political and military institutions, and the head-in-the-sand attitude of Pakistan's elites is alarming but accurate. Not bogged down in detail, this is the best overview of Pakistan yet published."--Stephen P. Cohen, senior fellow, Foreign Policy Studies, The Brookings Institution
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2011-012621
Target Audience
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Dewey Decimal
954.9105/3
Lc Classification Number
Ds389.C65 2011
Copyright Date
2011
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