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Benazir Bhutto: Favored Daughter
Brooke Allen
New Harvest
January 2016
On Sale: January 12, 2016
Featuring: Benazir Bhutto
ISBN: 0544648935
EAN: 9780544648937
Kindle: B00SK1IFMG
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Non-Fiction Biography
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 by
a
suicide bomber as her motorcade rode into Karachi for
what
was intended to be a triumphant return. 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.
Comments
1 comment posted.
Re: Benazir Bhutto: Favored Daughter
Although there are many allegation upon her about the
vindicated politics, overall he was outstanding lady with
few great step for nation as well.
(Syed Azfar Hussain 3:33am October 7)
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