Why is Pakistan the Way it is?

If and when foreign observers of Pakistan want to discover more about how the country behaves as it does, they can get some answers from two books published in 2013: Husain Haqqani’s Magnificent Delusions:Pakistan, the United States, and an Epic History of Misunderstanding and Francesca Marino’s Apocalypse Pakistan: An Anatomy of the World’s Most Dangerous Nation (See review on p.16-17). The potential readers for both books are foreign audience that does not understand Pakistan and would like to get information on some critical issues. Another commonality pertains to the authors as Pakistan’s military establishment despises both Haqqani and Marino. The Pakistan Army considers Husain Haqqani as a traitor who went against them. Marino is an Italian journalist who was banned from Pakistan for unexplained reasons but most possibly her defence of the Baluch cause.