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On December 27, 2007, after a major election rally, Rawalpindi, a suicide bomber, fired shots at former Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto and detonated explosives strapped to his chest. In a country ruled more often by military dictators than by elected governments, Bhutto offered a secular, democratic hope. Her assassination tore the country apart, destabilizing the entire region. Leading an international inquiry, Heraldo Muñoz delved into the murky world of Pakistani politics and the infamous Bhutto family, who rival the Kennedys in charisma, power, and tragedy. His year-long investigation frames a story of betrayals, corruption, foreign influence, turbulent politics, and unsolved political assassinations—all of which led to the death of the country’s leading politician. With impeccable research and insight, Muñoz situates Bhutto in a surprisingly deep, decades-long history of US-Pakistan ties and the emergence of global terrorism, pinpointing the assassination as the moment when US-Pakistani relations were changed forever.
Contents: List of Illustrations • Preface • A Murder Foretold • An Early History of Instability • Violence in the Family and in the Nation • On the Road to Islamabad • The US Gravitas in Pakistani Affairs • The US-Brokered Return of Bhutto to Her Homeland • The Assassination • Whodunit? • The Investigation’s Repercussions • Epilogue: Reflections on Bhutto, bin Laden, and Pakistan’s Ties to the United States • Acknowledgment • Notes • Index
ISBN - 9788130926667
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Pages : 272
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