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Beautiful and charismatic, the daughter of one of Pakistan's most popular leaders -- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, hanged by General Zia in 1979 -- Benazir Bhutto is not only the first woman to lead a post-colonial Muslim state, she achieved a status approaching that of a royal princess, only to be stripped of her power in another example of the bitter political in-fighting that has riven her country. From her upbringing in one of Pakistan's richest families, the shock of the contrast of her Harvard and Oxford education, and subsequent politicisation and arrest after her father's death, Bhutto's life has been full of drama. Her riveting autobiography, first published in 1988 and now updated to cover her own activities since then and how her country has changed since being thrust into the international limelight after 9/11, is an inspiring tale of strength, dedication and courage in the face of adversity.
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Benazir Bhutto served twice as Pakistan's Prime Minister, from 1988 to 1990 and 1993 to 1996. She is now based in Dubai, from where she makes regular trips around the world giving lectures.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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What an amazing woman who led an amazing life. I couldn't put this book down and it gave me an absolute understanding of the political environment in Pakistan as well as an understanding of reasons for international terrorism and how we have reached this age of terror. Truly essential reading for our time - Benazir's messages must live on....
9 of 10 people found the following review helpful
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This book is a real life account of struggle of a woman who fought with one of the worst despotic regimes in the world and she succeeded in this fight with the help of poor, barefoot, but determined, committed people of Pakistan. This success did not come easy but at the cost of the lives of her father, brother and thousands of her young party workers.
Her upbringing of not less than of any princess and her account of later years in Sukkur jail makes one feel bad about the whole system of Pakistan. Where it has become a fashion for army generals to overthrow civilian governments after every ten years. Sometimes getting the elected Prime Ministers killed by judiciary and sometimes by exiling them.
2007 edition of this book has an additional chapter of 39 pages. This chapter really stands out from the book not because of anything new are amazing in it, but because this chapter is targeted to different readers from the rest of book's readers. To further simplify it, the first edition was for all those peace loving people of world who want the political culture of democracy to flourish in third world countries, whereas the last chapter is targeted to all those governments who somehow want to get rid of (so called, Islamic) extremists from muslim countries specially Afghanistan and Pakistan and can play any role in that. The last chapter has some very good observations about the short sightedness of some army generals in Pakistan specially Musharaf, who in the past thought it is easy to conquer Srinagar and did ventures like Kargil but now he believes it is better to demilitarise Kashmir.
This book ends on the quote of Martin Luther King "Our lives begin to end the day we remain silent on things that matter". and With my faith in God, I put my fate in the hands of my people.
No one can question her intelligence and her command on the issues of domestic and international politics but we have to wait and see whether she goes back to Pakistan and speak about the real issues of the poor people and whether the power brokers really put the fate of people of Pakistan in her hands the third time or not.
Her upbringing of not less than of any princess and her account of later years in Sukkur jail makes one feel bad about the whole system of Pakistan. Where it has become a fashion for army generals to overthrow civilian governments after every ten years. Sometimes getting the elected Prime Ministers killed by judiciary and sometimes by exiling them.
2007 edition of this book has an additional chapter of 39 pages. This chapter really stands out from the book not because of anything new are amazing in it, but because this chapter is targeted to different readers from the rest of book's readers. To further simplify it, the first edition was for all those peace loving people of world who want the political culture of democracy to flourish in third world countries, whereas the last chapter is targeted to all those governments who somehow want to get rid of (so called, Islamic) extremists from muslim countries specially Afghanistan and Pakistan and can play any role in that. The last chapter has some very good observations about the short sightedness of some army generals in Pakistan specially Musharaf, who in the past thought it is easy to conquer Srinagar and did ventures like Kargil but now he believes it is better to demilitarise Kashmir.
This book ends on the quote of Martin Luther King "Our lives begin to end the day we remain silent on things that matter". and With my faith in God, I put my fate in the hands of my people.
No one can question her intelligence and her command on the issues of domestic and international politics but we have to wait and see whether she goes back to Pakistan and speak about the real issues of the poor people and whether the power brokers really put the fate of people of Pakistan in her hands the third time or not.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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Benazir Bhutto's Daughter of the East is a factual, honest biography totally lacking self pity and self indulgence. Despite having been born into one of Pakistan's richest land owning families, Benazir Bhutto had a difficult life spending numerous years in prison, under house arrest and in solitary confinement under General Zia Ul Huq's military regime. After the hanging of her father, Prime Minister Zulfikar Ali Bhutto in 1979, the Bhutto clan were spared no mercy by General Zia. Out of the four Bhutto children, Benazir stayed in Pakistan and her resilience, strength and religious faith come to the fore in this autobiography. The Bhutto tenacity to hold on to her belief in a better Pakistan is tested to the limit during the Zia years from 1977 to 1988 when he died in a plane crash. It is Ms Bhutto's frank depiction of those years and the fight to restore democracy back to a Pakistan frightened into submission by a fundamentalist ruler who took over in a coup d'etat that paved the way for Benazir's final return from exile in Europe when in April 1986, one million people turned up in Lahore to meet the leader of the Pakistan People's Party who would lead the way for democracy and a legally elected Prime Minister after nearly ten years of martial rule.
There are times during this biography that one cannot believe the resolve of this woman and her amazing ability to endure the treatment meted out to her and her family by the regime. The depiction of the death of her brother in particular, is difficult to comprehend and it is one of the few times in her life that Benazir breaks down.
Daughter of the East is an honest, personable account of one woman's fight to preserve the honour of her family name and the work undertaken by her father. Her tenacity resulted in her finally becoming Pakistan's first female Prime Minister and the youngest leader the country has ever had when at the age of 35, she became Prime Minister.
This is a rivetting read particularly for Pakistani ex patriots. As a Pakistani woman, whether or not one agrees with her politics, Benazir Bhutto is an inspiration to a great many women.
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blood on your hands
Having read this book and also the book by Banazir Bhutto's niece (songs of blood and sword), I can only say you live by the sword , you die by the sword!
Published 6 months ago by monty
What a brave woman!
I was always curious to read about benazir.. so reading this book was very intresting even though it does not highlight her personal life as much only glimpses it still is a story... Read more
Published on 18 Feb 2009 by Shamim Hamida
YOU NEED TO READ THIS
I wanted to learn more about Benizir Bhutto after her assasination and "Daughter of the East" just fell into my lap. Read more
Published on 2 April 2008 by Louise Amkaer
A fascinating and inspiring woman, but this book is only about a small...
You can't help reading this book and admiring Ms Bhutto, in many ways. Her charm and lovely nature shines through. Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2008 by lightinglife
It's not real, what it looks like!
It's a great biography. It gives a very good picture of reality. I've read several books on Politics and Politicians of Pakistan and I came to conclusion that destiny of People of... Read more
Published on 3 April 2001
Terrible
This has to be one of the worst books I have ever read. Miss Bhutto is a politician, not a writer and often goes into long rambles. Read more
Published on 19 July 2000
Why she is facing failure?
The daughter of a great leader who could change the destiny of Pakistan if he got time, why facing the failure. Read more
Published on 1 Jan 1999
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