Few journalists are intimate witnesses to a career from political cradle to grave.
Shyam
Bhatia was on first name terms alongside Benazir every step of the way and his book is a revelation. A relationship that began among the dreaming spires of
Oxford continued across the world from Pimlico to
Pakistan . Along the way she told Bhatia things that she told no other journalist–history-making details that make this book a must read for anyone who is a serious student of the politics of West Asia and of the front line state that she led as the first woman prime minister of a Muslim country. We see unprecedented detail of one of the most significant deals of this or any other century–how
North Korea gained access to the technology which gave it the capability to develop nuclear weaponry. There are insights into Benazirs relationships with the military and politicians in her own country, and what impact she had on their opposite numbers in
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