TY  - BOOK
AU  - Schmidt,John R.
TI  - The unraveling: Pakistan in the age of Jihad 
SN  - 9781250013910 :
AV  - DS389 .S37 2012
PY  - 2012///
CY  - New York
PB  - Picador/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
KW  - Pakistan
KW  - Army
KW  - sears
KW  - Political culture
KW  - Feudalism
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - Political leadership
KW  - Islamic fundamentalism
KW  - Jihad
KW  - Terrorism
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Politics and government
KW  - 1988-
KW  - Foreign relations
KW  - Social conditions
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. [229]-257, [259]-264) and index; An improbable state -- The feudals and the army -- Religion, Zia, and the anti-Soviet jihad in Afghanistan -- Kashmir, India, and the institutionalization of jihad -- The Taliban, Bin Laden, and the road to 9/11 -- The tribal areas, 9/11, and the rise of the Pakistani Taliban -- Lal Masjid, army failures, and the domestic terrorism campaign -- Mumbai, the Buner moment, and troubles with the United States -- The shape of things to come -- The final unraveling
N2  - Traces the rise of radical Islam in Pakistan while offering insight into the forces that enabled the emergence of jihadist groups, critically assessing the decisions of Pakistani leaders who would use radicals to advance foreign policy goals in spite of limited state ability to prevent extreme violence
ER  -