Deadly embrace : Pakistan, America, and the future of the global jihad / Bruce Riedel.

By:

Riedel, Bruce O

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, c2011. Description: xiii, 180 p. ; 24 cmISBN:

9780815705574

Subject(s):

LOC classification:

JZ1480. A57.

Contents:

Contents: Preface—1. Understanding Pakistan (p. 1)—2. Zia’s Jihad (p. 17)—3. Omar’s Jihad (p. 36)—4. Osama’s Jihad (p. 60)—5. Global Jihad (p. 86)—6. Thinking the unthinkable : implications of a Jihadist state in Pakistan (p. 106)—7. Helping Pakistan (p. 119)—Key Persons and timeline (p. 145)—Notes (p. 149)—Bibliography (p. 165)—Index (p. 171).

Summary: Summary: “Explores the long and contentious relationship between the United States and Pakistan since Pakistan’s founding with emphasis on events that occurred during the author’s thirty-year career with the CIA and on how Pakistan’s history and U.S. responses have contributed to the current struggle with terrorism”—from publisher.

Holdings
Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Monograph	Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University	JZ1480.A57.R53 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		3ACKU000352301

Total holds: 0

“Includes bibliography”—(165-70).

Summary: “Explores the long and contentious relationship between the United States and Pakistan since Pakistan’s founding with emphasis on events that occurred during the author’s thirty-year career with the CIA and on how Pakistan’s history and U.S. responses have contributed to the current struggle with terrorism”—from publisher.

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