Apocalypse Pakistan
An anatomy of 'the World's Most Dangerous Nation'
Paper Type: Book Print | Size: 229 x 152mm
Black and white, 204 pages, Flexiback
ISBN-10: 9381523967 | ISBN-13: 978-93-81523-96-4
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Apocalypse
Pakistan: An Anatomy of the World’s Most Dangerous Nation analyses the political and cultural evolution of
the country from Zulfikar Ali Bhutto to the present day. The book is based on
first person accounts, reportage and personal interviews with two generations
of the Bhuttos, the Sharifs,Hamid Gul and also includes Mohammed Hafeez Saeed’s
first ever interview to a woman journalist. Pakistan is presently the battleground
on which the unceasing war between the West and the international Islamic
terror groups is being fought. After the killing of Osama bin Laden in
Abbottabad and the case of Raymond Davis—an undercover CIA agent who killed two
ISI agents in Lahore but was later released because of his diplomatic
status—the relations between the once staunch allies Washington and Islamabad
is at the lowest point in decades. How did they reach this point and how could
they, for more than a decade, pretend to be fighting the same enemy together?
Most importantly, what does the future hold for them and the rest of the world?
Apocalypse Pakistan tries to answer
these and more introspective questions, by analysing the political and cultural
evolution of the Pakistani elite (generals, politicians, etc.) from Zulfikar
Ali Bhutto to the present, on topics like the relationship with Afghanistan and
China, terrorism and nuclear proliferation.
Beniamino Natale
Author
Beniamino Natale is Senior Correspondent for ANSA (Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata), the main Italian news
agency in China since 2003; from 1992 to 2002, he was the Chief of the New
Delhi bureau of ANSA. His last
publication, L'uomo che parlava con i
corvi is the story of his years as a correspondent in South Asia. He has
produced television documentaries on Afghanistan, India and China.
Francesca Marino
Author
Francesca Marino is an Italian journalist who has covered South
Asia extensively. She writes regularly for Limes-Italian Review of Geopolitics
and some of the most prestigious Italian and Swiss media. She won the Italian
journalism prize, Il Luigiano d'oro
in 2010. She is the Chief Editor of Stringer
Asia, an online magazine on South Asia, since 1995. She is also a respected
photographer and has been published in international magazines including Geo. Her previous publication was India in 100 Immagini (2007).
Ayesha Siddiqa
Foreword
Ayesha Siddiqa is a Pakistani political scientist, a
political commentator and an author who serves as a research associate at the
SOAS South Asia Institute.