Contents

Preface

*1. God's Chosen People*
- The Birth of the Elite
- Elite Interests and Attitudes

*2. The Road to Pakistan*
- Religion in Politics
- The Economic Factor
- The Muslim League Leadership
- The Concept of 'Pakistan'
- The Road to Pakistan

*3. By the Right – Wrong Foot Forward*
- The Early Pressures on Pakistan
- The Saviours of Pakistan
- (i) The capitalists
- (ii) The landlords
- (iii) The bureaucrats
- (iv) The mullahs

*4. The Road to Despotism*
- Gentlemen in Control
- The Unholy Alliance
- The Mechanism of Exploitation
- The Emergence of the Army

*5. Despotism to Civil War*
- An Honest Misunderstanding
- Land Reform for Landlords
- Rewards for Robber Barons
- The Outsiders
- The Rape of the Press
- The Mullahs in Revolt
- Kashmir in Perspective
- The Rôle of the Kashmir Dispute
- Rumblings of Revolt

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