Description: Lieven s eye for detail, command of subcontinental history, and old-fashioned shoe-leather reporting make thisan excellent primer on Pakistan. "Wall Street Journal""
Review Quotes: "Lieven's feat lies in his remarkable, flesh-and-blood portrait of the nation, ranging across demographic swathes and including a chorus of voices from farmers to intelligence officers. The picture is one of a semi-anarchic nation mired in police savagery, institutional corruption, population bulges, water shortages and the risk of catastrophic environmental disaster following last year's floods." --The Independent