The man who divided India : an insight into Jinnah's leadership and its aftermath, with a new chapter on Musharraf's do or die leadership

The author traces the chequered career of Jinnah from his birth to death, probes every aspect of his political life, and gives a lucid and penetrating insight into his relentless pursuit of power which eventually resulted in the division of India and the bloody and disastrous aftermath that followed in its wake and which has continued to destabilise South Asia ever since. Title......Page 2 About the Author......Page 4 Dedication......Page 6 Preface......Page 8 Some words about the New Edition......Page 16 Contents......Page 20 1. Early Years......Page 22 2. Political Initiation......Page 29 3. Efforts at Unity......Page 37 4. The Lean Period......Page 46 5. Decline of Clout......Page 54 6. Temporary Retirement......Page 63 7. Undoing the Past......Page 75 8. Preparing for Separation......Page 86 9. Demand for Pakistan......Page 101 10. Encounter with Gandhi......Page 112 11. Viceregal Endeavours......Page 120 12. Failure of Negotiations......Page 131 13. Surrender to Partition......Page 143 14. Creation of Pakistan......Page 152 15. The Grim Aftermath......Page 171 16. Authoritarian Misrule......Page 181 17. The Struggle to Survive......Page 192 18. The Fanatical Fringe......Page 207 19. Victims of Partition......Page 222 20. The Historic Blunder......Page 240 Musharraf's Leadership: do or die......Page 261 Afterword: Musharrafs do or die Leadership......Page 262 Notes......Page 292 Bibliography......Page 303 Index......Page 312