Presents fourteen primary and secondary documents on the history of unrest in Pakistan, including its bloody disputes with India over Kashmir and its uneasy role as an ally of the U.S. after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001; and includes biographical sketches, a glossary, a chronology, and a further reading list.
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The partition of British India / Francis Robinson. -- A call for Muslim independence / Mohammed Ali Jinnah. -- The growth of militant Islam in Pakistan / Jessica Stern. -- An overview of the Kashmir dispute between India and Pakistan / Victoria Schofield. -- Pakistan's position on nuclear proliferation in South Asia / Riaz Mohammad Khan. -- The social costs of nuclear proliferation / Mohammed Ahmedullah. -- The persistence of the Indo-Pakistani conflict / Alexander Evans. -- An argument for Kashmiri independence / Ziauddin Sardar. -- Pakistan must join the war on terror / Pervez Musharraf. -- The United States should assist Pakistan in exchange for its support in the war on terror / Dennis Kux. -- Pakistan must promote democracy and break its links with militant Islamic groups / Benazir Bhutto. -- Pakistan's education reform efforts will fail / Sajid Varda. -- Pakistan needs a strong leader / David Pryce-Jones. -- The West will abandon Pakistan / Andrew Roberts.