{"product_id":"to-live-or-to-perish-forever-two-tumultous-years-in-pakistan","title":"To Live or to Perish Forever - Two Tumultous Years in Pakistan","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor: Nicholas Schmidle\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Random House India\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2009\u003cbr\u003eLanguage: English\u003cbr\u003ePages: 272\u003cbr\u003eISBN\/UPC (if available): 9788184000924\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e Description\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJournalist Nicholas Schmidle worked in Pakistan from 2006-2008. Those two years have been arguably the most turbulent period of Pakistan’s recent history, a time when President Pervez Musharraf lost his power and the Taliban found theirs. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDuring his time there, Schmidle met and befriended some of Pakistan’s most wanted men, including Abdul Rashid Ghazi, the pro-Taliban leader who ran the Red Mosque and was killed in the famous siege in 2007, and Jamil Bugti, son of the legendary slain Baluchi separatist leader Akbar Khan Bugti. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn To Live or to Perish Forever, he provides a rare glimpse of these men, taking us on a journey through Pakistan from the rioting streets of its cites, to Baluchistan, where a fiery separatist war is being played out, to the Taliban camps in the North-West Frontier Province. Gripping, sympathetic, and eye opening, To Live or to Perish Forever is a valuable first hand account of Pakistan today. It is essential reading for anyone interested in the region.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eREVIEW:\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘Foreign correspondence of the very best kind’.\u003cbr\u003e-\tSteve Coll\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The account of a natural traveler who has the language skills, temerity, and eyesight to arrive where outsiders rarely go and then to report revealingly on what he sees and hears. This is personal, information, empathetic, surprising, and entertaining book.’\u003cbr\u003e-\tSteve Coll\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e‘The perfect primer on post-9\/11 Pakistan. From depicting disenfranchised Baluchis to shady ISI officers, Schmidle humanizes what has become the world’s most dangerous country.’\u003cbr\u003e-\tParag Khanna\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction: Land of the Pure\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1.\tTo these Guys, you are all Infidels\u003cbr\u003e2.\tSell your Luxury goods and buy a Kalashnikov\u003cbr\u003e3.\tDon’t Speak English in Public\u003cbr\u003e4.\tLeft alone in a Cave of Time\u003cbr\u003e5.\tIt just Sounds Awkward o Call myself  a Pakistan\u003cbr\u003e6.\tWhat was Wring wrong with Pkistan?\u003cbr\u003e7.\tWe have accepted the Challenge\u003cbr\u003e8.\tThe blood of our Martyrs will not go to Waste\u003cbr\u003e9.\tIf you don’t let us live in Peace, We won’t let you live in Peace\u003cbr\u003e10.\tThis Barbed wire Stands in the way of Democracy\u003cbr\u003e11.\tMade like a Sandwich\u003cbr\u003e12.\tNo Mercy in their Hearts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue: The fear Factor Spoil the Fun\u003cbr\u003eNotes\u003cbr\u003eAcknowledgements\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The India Club","offers":[{"title":"Nicholas Schmidle \/ Random House India \/ Paperback","offer_id":68153758941552,"sku":"26363","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1041\/5203\/9792\/files\/26363.jpg?v=1793913649","url":"https:\/\/marketcalvexa.shop\/products\/to-live-or-to-perish-forever-two-tumultous-years-in-pakistan","provider":"Alderstone House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}