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According to Time magazine, Pakistan`s President Pervez Musharraf holds `the world`s most dangerous job`. He has twice come within inches of assassination. His force have caught over 670 member of Al Qaeda. Long locked in a deadly embrace with its nuclear neighbour India, Pakistan has twice come close to full-scale war since it first exploded a nuclear bomb in 1998. As Musharraf struggles for the security and political future of his nation, the stakes could not be higher for the world at large.
It is unprecedented for a sitting head of state to write a memoir as revelotary, detailed and gripping as In the LIne of Fire. Here, for the first time, readers can get a first-hand view of the war on terror in its central theatre. President Musharraf details the manhunts for Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri, and their top lieutenants, complete with harrowing cat-and-mouse games, informats, interceptions, and bloody firefights.
About Author :
Pervez Musharraf has been the President of Pakistan since 1999. As a four-year old, he moved to Karachi upon the partition of India and creation of Pakistan, and his lifespan adn career has been tied to the life of his country ever since. After attending Pakistan`s miltiary academy he became a commando in the elite Special Service Brigade, fighting in the wars with India in 1965 and 1971. He rose through the ranks to become General and Chief of Army Staff in 1998. He became President in a dramatic confrontation with Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif, and has remained in officer despite two assassination attempts.
Contents :
Preface
Prologue: Face-to-Face with Terror
PART ONE
IN THE BEGINNING
Train to Pakistan
Settling in Karachi
Turkey: The Formative Years
Home
Leaving the Nest
PART TWO
LIFE IN THE ARMY
The Potter`s Wheel
Into the Fire
Life in the Fire
Living Through the Dreadful Decade
From Chief to Chief Executive
The Kargil Conflict
PART THREE
THE HIJACKING DRAMA
Plane to Pakistan
The Conspiracy
The Countercoup
Anatomy of Suicide
PART FOUR
REBUILDING THE NATION
Pakistan First
The Quest for Democracy
Putting the System Right
Kick-Starting the Economy
PART FIVE
THE WAR ON TERROR
One Day That Changed the World
Omar and Osama
The War Comes to Pakistan
Manhunt
Tightening the Noose
Al Qaeda in the Mountains
The Symbiosis of Terrorism and Religion
PART SIX
PAKSITAN AT HOME AND ABROAD
Nuclear Proliferation
International Diplomacy
The Social Sector
The Emancipation of Women
The Soft Image of Pakistan
Leadership on Trial: The Earthquake
Epilgoue: Reflections
Index. ISBN - 9781416527787
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Pages : 304
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