Milam, William B.

Bangladesh and Pakistan : flirting with failure in South Asia / William B. Milam. - New York : Columbia University Press, 2009. - xii, 276 p. ; 23 cm. - ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy series ; 34th v. .

"An ADST-DACOR diplomats and diplomacy book."

Introduction: The turning points -- The legacy of two bloody partitions -- Flawed leaders and failed democracies -- From military to civilian rule in Bangladesh -- From military to semi-military rule in Pakistan -- The Ershad military intervention -- Electoral democracy is not enough -- Electoral democracy revisits Pakistan, 1988-99 -- Pakistan's self-fulling prophecy: The military back in power -- Economic and social development and the NGOs -- Still on the brink after thirty-seven years -- Epilogue.

9780231700665 (cloth : alk. paper) 9781850659204 0231700660 (cloth : alk. paper)


Islam and politics--Pakistan.
Islam and politics--Bangladesh.

320.95 / MIL P09B