Oct. 9th, 2013

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Lieutenant General Mahmud had mentioned at the time that he would like me to give that lecture to his staff, but I hadn’t followed up, in part because it seemed such a bizarre idea.
...
Ten minutes later we arrive. ... Mahmud soon arrives. He outlines our schedule.
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After our tea and pastries, Mahmud leads me to a nearby meeting room, where twenty men are already sitting in a circle. The general invites me to sit to his left, and to deliver my remarks while seated. I deliver a short lecture, hoping to stimulate thought.
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...Mahmud formally presents me with a gift. He tells us that it is Alastair Lamb’s history of the partition of Kashmir, which Pakistanis see as sympathetic to their point of view. This book, he says to his deputies, reveals the true story of Kashmir. I leave the book in the box and put it in my suitcase. When I open the box later, it contains a paisley scarf of the finest, softest wool. My office in Cambridge is cold and I am wearing the scarf now as I type.

Отрывок из книги:
Jessica, Stern. «Terror in the Name of God.» HarperCollins e-books, 2009-10-13T05:00:00+00:00.

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