Tag Archives: Pakistan

A Crisis In Search Of An Explanation

Posted on January 19, 2024 by nathanalbright

What does Iran want? When twice within the course of a week a nation manages to provoke difficulties on two fronts, it is fair to wonder what sort of conditions are leading a nation’s leaders to engage in what others may … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Instant City

Posted on December 18, 2023 by nathanalbright

Instant City: Life And Death In Karachi, by Steve Inskeep As you might expect from a book written by an NPR writer, the author feels it necessary to show off a knowledge of Karachi’s complicated history as a way of bolstering … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Nine Lives Of Pakistan

Posted on December 11, 2023 by nathanalbright

The Nine Lives Of Pakistan: Dispatches From A Precarious State, by Declan Walsh This is a book whose ominous form, namely the author seeking to untangle which of his hot-button subjects got him thrown out of Pakistan, while simultaneously reflecting … Continue reading →

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We All Live Dangerous Lives

Posted on December 9, 2023 by nathanalbright

It might have seemed like a throwaway line at first. We have an old-school Pakistani in favor of civilian rule in a nation long plagued by military coups and foreign conflict with India, to say nothing about its contemporary problems … Continue reading →

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Book Review: Discontent And Its Civilizations: Dispatches From Lahore, London, And New York

Posted on August 29, 2020 by nathanalbright

Discontent And Its Civilizations: Dispatches From Lahore, London, And New York, by Mohsin Hamid It is entirely impossible to take this author wholly seriously in terms of his observations of the world. It is not difficult to see why it … Continue reading →

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Book Review: How To Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia

Posted on August 29, 2020 by nathanalbright

How To Get Filthy Rich In Rising Asia: A Novel, by Mohsin Hamid If this is by no means a bad book, this book is not quite as good as it could be. In reading this book it appears that … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: Stones Into Schools

Posted on December 23, 2019 by nathanalbright

Stones Into Schools:  Promoting Peace With Books, Not Bombs, In Afghanistan And Pakistan, by Greg Mortenson, read by Atossa Leoni This book was disappointing on a variety of levels.  For one, the book was, disappointingly, not the usual sort of … Continue reading →

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Audiobook Review: Three Cups Of Tea

Posted on December 23, 2019 by nathanalbright

Three Cups Of Tea:  One Man’s Mission To Fight Terrorism And Build Nations…One School At A Time, by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin, read by Patrick Lawlor This is a book that I wanted to like more than I … Continue reading →

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Book Review: The Shadow Of The Great Game

Posted on March 12, 2018 by nathanalbright

The Shadow Of The Great Game:  The Untold Story Of India’s Partition, by Nandra Singh Sarila In reading this book, I got the feeling that it was written largely for Indian audiences as a way of informing them about the … Continue reading →

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Afghanistan And The Tyranny Of Logistics

Posted on December 1, 2011 by nathanalbright

It is said that novices in the military arts study tactics and masters study logistics, and more and more I am convinced that logistical problems are the most basic and essential problems that need to be solved for any effort … Continue reading →

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