The duel

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Now in paperback, from a writer with unrivaled access and knowledge, a riveting portrait of

America’s closest ally in the war on terror as it spirals into political chaos.

The sixth most populous country in the world, Pakistan is the only Islamic state to have nuclear

weapons. Its border with Afghanistan extends over 1,000 miles and is the likely

hideout of Osama bin Laden. Yet it is the linchpin in the United States’ war on terror,

receiving over $10 billion of American aid since 2001 and purchasing

more than $5 billion of U.S. weaponry in 2006 alone.

With unilateral incursions into Pakistan by U.S. troops pursuing Taliban fighters,

and surveys indicating that more than seventy percent of

Pakistanis fear America as a military threat,

relations between the two countries remain tense.