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With the Quaid-i-Azam during his Last Days

March 22, 2015

This is a first-hand account of the last days of the founder of Pakistan, the Quaid-i-Azam Mohammad Ali Jinnah written by Lt Colonel Ilahi Bakhsh, a doctor of medicine, who was attending to Mohammad Ali Jinnah during his last illness. The narrative includes the author’s conversations with M.A. Jinnah, together with an account of the […]
Storming the World Stage: The Story of Lashkar-e-Taiba (Columbia/Hurst)

March 22, 2015

On November 21, 2008, ten men boarded a boat in Karachi and hijacked an Indian fishing trawler, killing four of the vessel’s crewmen and forcing its captain to sail toward India. Four miles off the coast of Mumbai, these men abandoned the trawler for inflatable speedboats, and within hours they began hitting multiple targets in […]
Obama’s Wars

March 22, 2015

In Obama’s Wars, Bob Woodward provides the most intimate and sweeping portrait yet of the young president as commander in chief. Drawing on internal memos, classified documents, meeting notes and hundreds of hours of interviews with most of the key players, including the president, Woodward tells the inside story of Obama making the critical decisions […]
The Partition of India (New Approaches to Asian History)

March 22, 2015

The British divided and quit India in 1947. The partition of India and the creation of Pakistan uprooted entire communities and left unspeakable violence in its trail. This volume tells the story of partition through the events that led up to it, the terrors that accompanied it, to migration and resettlement. In a new shift […]
Quaid-i-Azam Jinnah and the Battle for Pakistan

March 22, 2015

A fascinating account of the life and achievements of Quaid-i-Azam Mohammed Ali Jinnah who founded the state of Pakistan on August 14th, 1947. An eye-witness account of the birth of a great Muslim state, Pakistan. Sale Price:$14.45 1491254629
Freedom Through Vigilance: Vol. 2: USAFSS Ground Sites in Europe, Libya, Turkey, and Pakistan

March 22, 2015

No description available. Sale Price:$16.29 0741461153
My Feudal Lord

March 22, 2015

Born into one of Pakistan’s most influential families, Tehmina Durrani was raised in the privileged milieu of Lahore high society and educated at the same school as Benazir Bhutto. Like all women of her rank, she was expected to marry a prosperous Muslim from a respectable family, bear him many children, and lead a sheltered […]
The Deadly Embrace: Religion, Politics, and Violence in the Indian Subcontinent, 1947-2002 (Subcontinent Divided: A New Beginning)

March 22, 2015

The connection between religion, politics and violence is a controversial and pressing concern in the life of the subcontinent. This study attempts to unpick some of these linkages by means of a series of detailed historical case studies that cover the period from 1947 until 2002. Sale Price:$27.95 0195473647
India and Pakistan: Continued Conflict or Cooperation?

March 22, 2015

Beginning in 1947, when “India and Pakistan were born to conflict,” renowned India scholar Stanley Wolpert provides an authoritative, accessible primer on what is potentially the world’s most dangerous crisis. He concisely distills sixty-three years of complex history, tracing the roots of the relationship between these two antagonists, explaining the many attempts to resolve their […]
Kashmir: The Case for Freedom

March 22, 2015

Leading international voices condemn the brutalities of the Kashmir occupation.At home, the Kashmiri people’s ongoing quest for justice and self-determination is as much ignored by their venal politicians as it is rejected by Pakistan. Internationally, their struggle is forgotten, as the West refuses to bring pressure to bear on its regional ally India. Kashmir: The […]

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