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evaluates much of the pertinent literature. He then offers his own analysis of the sources and prospects of Pakistan’s fragile democracy. This is where, despite the other obvious strengths of his book, his analysis falters. Without adequately tracing its antecedents or outlining its key features, he argues that “the establishment” has determined the scope and dimensions of democracy in Pakistan. Consequently, this argument takes on a slightly polemical tone and has limited explanatory value on this particular front. There is one other criticism that can be leveled against this otherwise impressive work. Waseem, no doubt, returns to the leitmotif of conflict throughout the chapters of this massive volume. However, the chapters, although often quite insightful, have a stand-alone quality to them. Even while eschewing a conventional, chronological account of political conflict in Pakistan, the discussion could have been better interwoven with key intellectual threads connecting the disparate component parts. That said, there is little or no question that this book is the product of a lifetime of painstaking scholarship and of an intimate familiarity with the particulars of Pakistan’s complex politics. Those interested in obtaining a better understanding of the troubled state of the country’s politics will benefit greatly from a careful perusal of Waseem’s sweeping and highly informed analysis.