Summary
Anatol Lieven: Pakistan: a hard country
In the past decade, Pakistan Hard Country has become a country of enormous importance to its region, the United States, and the world. With nearly 200 million people, a 500,000-strong army, nuclear weapons and a large diaspora in Britain and North America, Pakistan is central to the hopes of jihadists and the fears of their enemies. However, the greatest short-term threat to Pakistan is not the Islamist insurgency per se, but the actions of the United States, and the greatest long-term threat is environmental change. Anatol Lieven's book is a masterful exploration of this very complex and often poorly understood country. Engagingly written, combining history and in-depth analysis with reporting from Lieven's extensive travels as a journalist and academic, Pakistan: A Difficult Country is both utterly compelling and profoundly revealing.
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