Pakistan’s Drift into Extremism: Allah, the Army, and America’s War on Terror

by Hassan Abbas
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‘Pakistan’s Drift into extremism’ studies the rise of religious extremism in Pakistan and analyzes its connections to the Pakistani army policies and fluctuating US-Pakistani relationship. It includes profiles of leading Pakistani jihadi groups with details of their origins, development and capabilities based on interviews with Pakistani intelligence officials and militant leaders. In addition to a detailed account of the political developments in Pakistan since 1947, the book also provides a detailed profile of General Pervez Musharraf, evaluvats Indo-Pakistani relations, and discusses the country’s domestic and regional prospects.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Hassan Abbas

Hassan Abbas is currently a visiting scholar at the Negotiation Project, Harvard Law School, and a PhD candidate at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University. He served in the government of Pakistan for ten years and worked in the administrations of Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto (1994-96) and President General Pervez Musharraf (2000). He did his LLM in International Law from the University of Nottingham, UK (1999) as a Britannia Chevenning Scholar. He also regularly contributes to various newspapers in US and Pakistan.

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Title
Pakistan’s Drift into Extremism: Allah, the Army, and America’s War on Terror
Author
Hassan Abbas
Edition
1st ed.
Publisher
Pentagon Press
ISBN
9788182741584
Length
xviii+276p., Plates; Notes; Index; 23cm.
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#Pakistan