Benazir Bhutto's Assassination and the Politics of Pakistan
W.W. Norton
December 2013
On Sale: December 9, 2013
272 pages ISBN: 0393062910 EAN: 9780393062915 Kindle: B00COQ6XHM Hardcover / e-Book Add to Wish List
By the lead commissioner of the UN investigation, an
authoritative account of Benazir Bhutto’s
assassination.
On December 27, 2007, a suicide
bomber killed Benazir Bhutto, the former prime minister of
Pakistan. Brilliant and charismatic, the head of a political
family as important to Pakistani history as the Gandhis in
India or the Kennedys in the United States, Bhutto had
recently returned from exile to challenge military dictator
Pervez Musharraf in a democratic election. In the aftermath
of the assassination, some blamed Musharraf; others blamed
terrorists linked to the Pakistani security service, the
ISI; still others pointed the finger at Bhutto’s own spouse
and entourage; and some speculated that it was a lone wolf
attack. Though the individuals behind the conspiracy have
never been found, in Getting Away with Murder
Heraldo Muñoz goes further than anyone else to unravel the
mystery of Bhutto’s death. Moreover, he explains the
unexpected role America played in the tragic events, the
byzantine relationship between Pakistan and the United
States, and how Bhutto’s assassination impacted world
politics. In a country ruled more often by military
dictators than by elected governments, Bhutto offered a
secular, democratic hope. Arguably one of Pakistan’s most
iconic political figures, she became one of the world’s few
female heads of government. Her assassination tore the
country apart, destabilizing the entire region. Leading the
United Nations’ inquiry, Muñoz delved into murky world of
Pakistani politics and the infamous Bhutto family, awash in
charisma and power, controversy and violence. His year-long
investigation frames a story of betrayals, corruption,
foreign influence, and unsolved political assassinations.
Muñoz provides new insight into Bhutto’s unprecedented
rise and an unflinching, minute-by-minute narrative of the
assassination itself. With impeccable research, Muñoz also
situates Bhutto in the decades-long history of U.S.-Pakistan
relations and the emergence of global terrorism, pinpointing
her death as the moment when those relations changed
forever.
The result is a gripping narrative of
Pakistan’s turbulent political realities and the death of
its leading politician
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