Daughter of destiny : an autobiography / Benazir Bhutto.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York, NY: Simon and Schuster, 1989.Description: 411 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0671669834
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 954.9/105/0924 B 19
LOC classification:
  • DS 385 .B44 A3 1989
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Partial contents:
1. The assassination of my father -- 2. Imprisoned in my own home -- 3. Reflections from Al-Murtaza: my first taste of democracy -- 4. Reflections from Al-Murtaza: the dreaming spires of Oxford -- 5. Reflections from Al-Murtaza: the high treason of Zia ul-Haq -- 6. Reflections from Al-Murtaza: the judicial murder of my father -- 7. Release from Al-Murtaza: democracy's challenge to martial law -- 8. Solitary confinement in Sukkur Jail -- 9. Locked in my mother's old cell at Karachi Central Jail -- 10. Two more years alone in sub-jail -- 11. The years in exile -- 12. The death of my brother -- 13. Return to Lahore and the August 1986 massacre -- 14. Married from my father's house -- 15. New hope for democracy.
Summary: "Born to rank and responsibility, Benazir Bhutto nonetheless never dreamed of becoming the first woman prime minister of a Muslim state. Nor did she envision seven years of imprisonment and two years of exile after her father, the progressive Democratic leader of Pakistan, was deposed in a military coup and later condemned to death. In Daughter of Destiny she reviews the explosive events of her life — the happiness of student days at Harvard and Oxford eclipsed by the prolonged nightmare of Pakistan under martial law; the persecution of her remarkable family; the threats, torture, and murders; her own solitary confinement and ultimate exile. Through all these sufferings, with rare passion and strength, Benazir preserved her father's principles until in 1988 this brilliant beautiful, charismatic woman finally won the right to form a new government and return democracy to her long-divided nation." -- from the back cover.
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Includes index.

1. The assassination of my father -- 2. Imprisoned in my own home -- 3. Reflections from Al-Murtaza: my first taste of democracy -- 4. Reflections from Al-Murtaza: the dreaming spires of Oxford -- 5. Reflections from Al-Murtaza: the high treason of Zia ul-Haq -- 6. Reflections from Al-Murtaza: the judicial murder of my father -- 7. Release from Al-Murtaza: democracy's challenge to martial law -- 8. Solitary confinement in Sukkur Jail -- 9. Locked in my mother's old cell at Karachi Central Jail -- 10. Two more years alone in sub-jail -- 11. The years in exile -- 12. The death of my brother -- 13. Return to Lahore and the August 1986 massacre -- 14. Married from my father's house -- 15. New hope for democracy.

"Born to rank and responsibility, Benazir Bhutto nonetheless never dreamed of becoming the first woman prime minister of a Muslim state. Nor did she envision seven years of imprisonment and two years of exile after her father, the progressive Democratic leader of Pakistan, was deposed in a military coup and later condemned to death. In Daughter of Destiny she reviews the explosive events of her life — the happiness of student days at Harvard and Oxford eclipsed by the prolonged nightmare of Pakistan under martial law; the persecution of her remarkable family; the threats, torture, and murders; her own solitary confinement and ultimate exile. Through all these sufferings, with rare passion and strength, Benazir preserved her father's principles until in 1988 this brilliant beautiful, charismatic woman finally won the right to form a new government and return democracy to her long-divided nation." -- from the back cover.

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