Lawrence Ziring is Arnold E. Schneider Professor of Political Science at West Michigan University, USA. He is the author of Pakistan in the Twentieth Century: A Political History (OUP, 2000), along with numerous other titles, and nearly one hundred articles or papers. He has lectured around the world and advised on strategic and defence issues for a wide range of institutions in the US and elsewhere.

• Preface -- Foreword -- The Muslim Legacy in South Asia -- Nationalism, Ideology, and the Islamic State -- The Creators and Early Managers of Pakistan -- The Civil and Armed Bureaucrats -- Political Movements and Political Parties -- The Submerged Nations: the Politics of Ethnicity and Tribalism -- Incipient Constitutionalism -- The Myth of Nation-Building -- The Foreign Policy Dimension -- The Future of Pakistan