New Book: Storming the World Stage by Stephen Tankel
Storming the World Stage: The Story of Lashkar-e-Taiba by Stephen Tankel
I returned from Texas yesterday to find on my doorstep, a review copy of Storming the World Stage: The Story of Lashkar-e-Taiba by Carnegie scholar Stephen Tankel. Mirv Irvine of CNAS describes it thusly:
…one of the definitive accounts of Lashkar’s rise as well as the 2008 Mumbai attacks, and his book should be the go-to-guide for those looking to understand Pakistan’s reliance on proxies against India and its attached baggage
Moreover, my co-blogger and expert on esoteric religious militancy, Charles Cameron has already expressed book envy of this review copy and covets it. Heh. With such strong endorsements, I am moving it to the top of the pile for immediate reading.
August 15th, 2011 at 7:25 pm
"expert on esoteric religious militancy"
If Charles doesn’t have that on his business card, he should head down to Kinko’s right now.
August 15th, 2011 at 7:34 pm
Zen:
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Book envy, yeah!
August 16th, 2011 at 12:50 pm
This book is on my list too! (I see that I’ve rambled on over at that CNAS post, too. Never pretty to look at one’s prior commenting. It’s like looking at old papers and cringing in embarrassment at how bad they are….)
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– Madhu
August 16th, 2011 at 6:38 pm
Hi Madhu:
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I expect you’ve seen some or all of these but…
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Tankel also wrote an ICSR report in 2009, Lashkar-e-Taiba: From 9/11 to Mumbai, and this year, Lashkar-e-Taiba: Past Operations and Future Prospects for New America and the briefer Lashkar-e-Taiba’s rise, before Mumbai.
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Also relevant: Stephen Rotella’s work, including Pakistan and Mumbai, the Untold Story and the various articles listed here.
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So much to read, so little time!