Carey Schofield

Division and misrule

‘The 20th century was not kind to Pakistan’, Tariq Ali says in the first sentence of his latest book on his native land.

issue 03 January 2009

  • The Duel: Pakistan on the Flight Path of American Power

    Tariq Ali

    Simon & Schuster, pp. 304

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