Passage to Peshawar: Pakistan--Between the Hindu Kush and The Arabian Sea

223 pp. "This book tells how Pakistan, one of the poorest countries in the world, is absorbing millions of even poorer, more desperate people, Afghan refugees. Richard Reeves paints an unforgettable portrait of this land and its people--living simultaneously in the Stone Age, the medieval world, the nineteenth century and the technological present, faithful to an austere religion foreign and frightening to us, hustling for luxuries of modern life." CONTENTS: Preface; 1. Moon over Gadani; 2. The Materialism of the Illiterate Masses; 3. Mister Richard Meets Mister Mister; 4. Our New Best Friend; 5. The Refugees from Over the Mountain; 6. Land of the Pure; 7. Who Runs Pakistan?; 8. Donkeys and Suzukis; 9. The Second English Empire; 10. Behind the Veil; 11. To the Khyber Pass; 12. Bread but No Circuses; 13. The Police State; 14. How We Pick Our Friends; Epilogue; Acknowledgments; Index.