Lawrence Ziring is Arnold E. Schneider Professor of Political Science at West Michigan University, USA. He is the author of Pakistan in the Twentieth Century: A Political History (OUP, 2000), along with numerous other titles, and nearly one hundred articles or papers. He has lectured around the world and advised on strategic and defence issues for a wide range of institutions in the US and elsewhere.

• Preface -- Foreword by A. Jeyaratnam Wilson -- 1. The Muslim Legacy in South Asia -- 2. Nationalism, Ideology, and the Islamic State -- 3. The Creators and Early Managers of Pakistan -- 4. The Civil and Armed Bureaucrats -- 5. Political Movements and Political Parties -- 6. The Submerged Nations: the Politics of Ethnicity and Tribalism -- 7. Incipient Constitutionalism -- 8. The Myth of Nation-Building -- 9. The Foreign Policy Dimension -- 10. The Future of Pakistan -- Notes to the Text -- Select Bibliography -- Index.

Lawrence Ziring is Arnold E. Schneider Professor of Political Science at West Michigan University, USA. He is the author of Pakistan in the Twentieth Century: A Political History (OUP, 2000), along with numerous other titles, and nearly one hundred articles or papers. He has lectured around the world and advised on strategic and defence issues for a wide range of institutions in the US and elsewhere.

• Preface -- Foreword by A. Jeyaratnam Wilson -- 1. The Muslim Legacy in South Asia -- 2. Nationalism, Ideology, and the Islamic State -- 3. The Creators and Early Managers of Pakistan -- 4. The Civil and Armed Bureaucrats -- 5. Political Movements and Political Parties -- 6. The Submerged Nations: the Politics of Ethnicity and Tribalism -- 7. Incipient Constitutionalism -- 8. The Myth of Nation-Building -- 9. The Foreign Policy Dimension -- 10. The Future of Pakistan -- Notes to the Text -- Select Bibliography -- Index.