Description |
xii, 354 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Note |
Includes index. |
Contents |
Face-to-face with terror -- Train to Pakistan -- Settling in Karachi -- Turkey : the formative years -- Home -- Leaving the nest -- The potter's wheel -- Into the fire -- Life in the fire -- Living through the dreadful decade -- From chief to chief executive -- The Kargil conflict -- Plan to Pakistan -- The conspiracy -- The countercoup -- Anatomy of suicide -- Pakistan first -- The quest for democracy -- Putting the system right -- Kick-starting the economy -- One day that changed the world -- Omar and Osama -- The war comes to Pakistan -- Manhunt -- Tightening the noose -- Al Qaeda in the mountains -- The symbiosis of terrorism and religion -- Nuclear proliferation -- The social sector -- The emancipation of women -- The soft image of Pakistan -- Leadership on trial : the earthquake -- Reflections. |
Subject |
Musharraf, Pervez.
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Pakistan -- Politics and government -- 1988-
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Presidents -- Pakistan -- Biography.
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ISBN |
0743283449 |
Standard No. |
9780743283441 |
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