The American raid on Osama bin Laden’s compound in Pakistan has heightened suspicion of Pakistani double-dealing and laid bare the strained relationship between the two countries. Anatol Lieven’s new book Pakistan: A Hard Country, published just before the May 2 raid, takes up many of the questions raised in the wake of Osama bin Laden’s death. Lieven, a professor in the (...)
September 22, 2011
Books
An Indispensable Nation?
PakistanA Hard CountryAnatol LievenPublicAffairs, $35, 558 pp.
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