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Uprising in Pakistan How to Bring Down a Dictatorship

Ali, Tariq
Heftet / 2018 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9781786635372
Publisert
2018-06-12
Utgiver
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Verso Books
Vekt
225 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
14 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
176

Forfatter
Ali, Tariq

Biographical note

Tariq Ali has written more than two dozen books on world history and politics - the most recent of which are The Obama Syndrome, The Extreme Centre and The Dilemmas of Lenin - as well as the novels of his Islam Quintet and scripts for the stage and screen. He is a longstanding member of the editorial committee of New Left Review and lives in London.

Uprising in Pakistan How to Bring Down a Dictatorship

Ali, Tariq
Heftet / 2018 / Engelsk
Ali, Tariq
Heftet / 2018 / Engelsk
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Ali remains an outlier and intellectual bomb-thrower; an urbane, Oxford-educated polemicist.

The Observer

Pakistan is the most dangerous country in the world...Yet most Americans don't realize how much of the Pakistani peril is our own fault. <i>The Duel</i> ... should be read for an understanding of, first, what role America has played in creating this dangerous mix and, second, why many Pakistanis see us as responsible for their problems.

--The Washington Post [for The Duel]

A well-informed, compelling narrative...'

Guardian [for The Duel]

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knowledgeable and well connected. More importantly, he doesn't shirk from pointing out the failings of his friends'

Daily Telegraph [for The Duel]

The story of what happened in 1968 in Pakistan is often forgotten, but is yet another proof that the revolutionary moment was global. In that year, following a long period of tumult, a radical coalition - led by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto - brought down the military presidency of Ayub Khan. Students took on the state apparatus of a corrupt and decaying military dictatorship backed by the US. They were joined by workers, lawyers, white-collar employees, and despite the severe repression, they took hold of power. Through a series of strikes, demonstrations and political organising a popular uprising was born.In his riveting account of these events, first written in 1970, Tariq Ali offers an eyewitness perspective on history, showing that this powerful popular movement was the only successful moment of the 1960s revolutionary wave. The victory led to the very first democratic election in the country and the unexpected birth of a new state, Bangladesh.
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Ali remains an outlier and intellectual bomb-thrower; an urbane, Oxford-educated polemicist.

The Observer

Pakistan is the most dangerous country in the world...Yet most Americans don't realize how much of the Pakistani peril is our own fault. <i>The Duel</i> ... should be read for an understanding of, first, what role America has played in creating this dangerous mix and, second, why many Pakistanis see us as responsible for their problems.

--The Washington Post [for The Duel]

A well-informed, compelling narrative...'

Guardian [for The Duel]

Se alle

knowledgeable and well connected. More importantly, he doesn't shirk from pointing out the failings of his friends'

Daily Telegraph [for The Duel]

The story of what happened in 1968 in Pakistan is often forgotten, but is yet another proof that the revolutionary moment was global. In that year, following a long period of tumult, a radical coalition - led by Zulfikar Ali Bhutto - brought down the military presidency of Ayub Khan. Students took on the state apparatus of a corrupt and decaying military dictatorship backed by the US. They were joined by workers, lawyers, white-collar employees, and despite the severe repression, they took hold of power. Through a series of strikes, demonstrations and political organising a popular uprising was born.In his riveting account of these events, first written in 1970, Tariq Ali offers an eyewitness perspective on history, showing that this powerful popular movement was the only successful moment of the 1960s revolutionary wave. The victory led to the very first democratic election in the country and the unexpected birth of a new state, Bangladesh.
Les mer
Pakistan 1968: the history of a revolution
Ali remains an outlier and intellectual bomb-thrower; an urbane, Oxford-educated polemicist.
Pakistan 1968: the history of a revolution
To coincide with the 1968 anniversary: a global revolutionary moment.

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9781786635372
Publisert
2018-06-12
Utgiver
Vendor
Verso Books
Vekt
225 gr
Høyde
210 mm
Bredde
140 mm
Dybde
14 mm
Aldersnivå
G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
176

Forfatter
Ali, Tariq

Biographical note

Tariq Ali has written more than two dozen books on world history and politics - the most recent of which are The Obama Syndrome, The Extreme Centre and The Dilemmas of Lenin - as well as the novels of his Islam Quintet and scripts for the stage and screen. He is a longstanding member of the editorial committee of New Left Review and lives in London.

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