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Hussain's candour is commendable and, despite its warts, this book persuasively illuminates the dissonances inherent to Pakistan's current predicament.
Hussain takes us through the genesis of what he calls Pakistan’s ‘Unholy Alliance’ between Islamic militants and the military, and dwells on the post-9/11 Musharraf dilemma: of ostensibly supporting the US in the gwot and yet pandering to the potent rightwing religious constituency. It’s a legacy he inherited from his predecessors. Hussain’s candour is commendable and, despite its warts, this is a book that persuasively illuminates the dissonances inherent to Pakistan’s current predicament.