Paradoxical Pakistan.(The Idea of Pakistan)(Book Review) From: World Policy Journal | Date: June 22, 2005| Author: Misra, Jitendra Nath | COPYRIGHT 2005 World Policy Institute. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

The Idea of Pakistan Stephen Philip Cohen Washington: Brookings Institution Press, 2004

Pakistan was fashioned by visionaries who dared history and turned it upside down. The creation of a major state while the idea of Pakistan was still emerging was an astonishing accomplishment. Pakistan was also the first postcolonial state that broke into two. Since partition, in the uncoupling of its shared past with India, Pakistan has lost its way. The original project has been tr...