"This thoroughly revised and updated edition of Bennett Jones' market-leading account of this critical modern state includes fresh material on the Taliban insurgency, the Musharraf years, the return and subsequent assassination of Benazir Bhutto, and the unlikely election as president of Asif Ali Zardari." Publisher's review

Includes maps of: Pakistan, 2001; Pakistan and the Federally Administered Tribal Areas; Kashmir, 2001; Pakistan, 1947; East Pakistan, 1971.

The insurgency -- Nationalism -- Kashmir -- Bangladesh -- The bomb -- Democracy -- The army -- The Musharraf years.