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Benazir Bhutto Brooke Allen

Benazir Bhutto von Brooke Allen

Benazir Bhutto Brooke Allen

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Benazir Bhutto: Favored Daughter Brooke Allen

The story of Benazir Bhutto, the first woman to lead a Muslim nation, seems lifted straight from Greek tragedy. Born to privilege as the daughter of one of Pakistan's great feudal families, she was groomed for a diplomatic career and was thrust into the political arena when her father, Pakistan's charismatic and controversial prime minister, was executed. She then led Pakistan, one of the most turbulent and impoverished nations in the world, through two terms as prime minister in the 1980s and 1990s, but she struggled to ward off charges of corruption and retain her tenuous hold on power and was eventually forced into exile. Bhutto returned to Pakistan in 2007, only to be assassinated in Rawalpindi after a triumphant speech. Including interviews with key figures who knew Bhutto and have never before spoken on the record, Benazir Bhutto: Favored Daughter illuminates Bhutto's tragic life as well as the role she played as the first female prime minister of Pakistan. Celebrated literary critic Brooke Allen approaches Bhutto in a way not many have done before in this taut biography of a figure who had a profound effect on the volatile politics of the Middle East, drawing on contemporary news sources and eyewitness reports, as well as accounts from her supporters and her enemies.

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This is a fascinating book about the politics of a far-off land. Benazir Bhutto had the beauty of a goddess and, within her domain, she wielded the power of an empress. All to no avail: she was doomed as was her father. Brooke Allen has written one of the most exciting books of the year. -David Fromkin, author of Europe's Last Summer: Who Started the Great War in 1914? Brooke Allen's portrayal of Benazir Bhutto is cogently written, balanced in explaining her complex life, and insightful in its commentary. It captures the paradoxical legacy of an exceptionally accomplished woman whose love of power and privilege was matched with a daring determination to challenge the deeply patriarchal political culture of her native land. -Mansour Farhang, former Iranian ambassador to the UN Simply dazzling. In 150 pages, Brooke Allen manages the impossible: she gives us the history of Pakistan, a nation we know so little about, and the life stories of the generals, the dynastic potentates, patriarchs, and the immensely powerful and politically savvy women who ruled it. Written with style and erudition, this is a book that should appeal to everyone who cares about the Middle East and Southeast Asia. -David Nasaw, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Professor of History at CUNY Graduate Center Here is an unforgettably incisive portrait of a major yet flawed figure of destiny: possessed of all the attributes of success, courageous almost to a fault, Benazir Bhutto captivated and disappointed in equal measures and ultimately fell victim to the enchaining realities of Pakistani politics. Brooke Allen skillfully interweaves family, military power, elite corruption, and international alliances into a story that reaches well beyond South Asia but never loses the central drama of human tragedy. Allen writes with the acuity of the critical observer and the gracefulness of the master craftsman to present an exceptionally vivid pen-portrait of that still elusive phenomenon, a Muslim woman head of government. -James Piscatori, professor of Islamic and Middle Eastern studies at Durham University Brooke Allen does an amazing job of capturing and clarifying the complicated career, sometimes glamorous life, and violent death of Benazir Bhutto, while simultaneously illuminating the volatile, political, and cultural Middle Eastern background against which so much of it played out. -Victor S. Navasky

Über Brooke Allen

Brooke Allen is the author of Moral Minority: Our Skeptical Founding Fathers and a frequent contributor to the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the New Criterion, and other publications. She is a member of the literature faculty at Bennington College.

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GOR009190571
9781503944084
1503944085
Benazir Bhutto: Favored Daughter Brooke Allen
Brooke Allen
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Amazon Publishing
20220125
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