Pakistan: Eye of the Storm

This is a remarkable book on Pakistan, context setting with amazing insights. I especially enjoyed the references to individual stories of feudals, generals and politicians to strength the author's deductions. Unfortunately the future looks bleaker for the moment with the rise in terrorism and anarchy. I found the last chapter on Musharraf and his non-existent policy on education something the author to have needlessly injected as education is the main reason for the sad state of affairs in Pakistan. This book should be on the reading list of anyone interested in Pakistan.

I work in Pakistan at the moment - a country which imho and experience is going down -hill very quickly and threatens to take others with it. This book lucidly tells why - and it is a book I wish I had read before arriving. I'd have never boarded the flight! A powerful, frightening and sober work which is - along with the work of Ahmed Rashid - essential reading for those curious about Pakistan, Central Asia and curious as to why the 'War on Terror' is still ongoing.

Overall its a good book for someone who isnt aware of the history and politics in Pakistan. Being a Pakistani I expected more on the behind the scenes events

Found this an excellent read on a lot of the major issues of Pakistan and their recent/modern history, including important sections on relations with Afghanistan, previous coups, 1971 and Bangladesh and more. Nice and broad but pretty easy to read.

very interesting in its overview of pakistan especially for its description of the bangladesh conflict and kashmir.the whole system of government corruption and the power of the army was fascinating a good intro to the subject

Owen Bennett Jones's book is simply the best modern history of Pakistan. It's not just that he's well informed, and writes exceptionally well. His affection for the place is always evident, but never warps his sometimes acid judgements about how this country got into the mess in which it is now mired. Very few journalists write contemporary history and political analysis this well.