Daughter of Destiny: An AutobiographyDaughter of Destiny, the autobiography of Benazir Bhutto, is a historical document of uncommon passion and courage, the dramatic story of a brilliant, beautiful woman whose life was, up to her tragic assassination in 2007, inexorably tied to her nation's tumultuous history. Bhutto writes of growing up in a family of legendary wealth and near-mythic status, a family whose rich heritage survives in tales still passed from generation to generation. She describes her journey from this protected world onto the volatile stage of international politics through her education at Radcliffe and Oxford, the sudden coup that plunged her family into a prolonged nightmare of threats and torture, her father's assassination by General Zia ul-Haq in 1979, and her grueling experience as a political prisoner in solitary confinement. With candor and courage, Benazir Bhutto recounts her triumphant political rise from her return to Pakistan from exile in 1986 through the extraordinary events of 1988: the mysterious death of Zia; her party's long struggle to ensure free elections; and finally, the stunning mandate that propelled her overnight into the ranks of the world's most powerful, influential leaders. |
Contents
The Years of Detention | |
Imprisoned in My Own Home | |
My First Taste of Democracy | |
The Dreaming Spires of Oxford | |
The High Treason of Zia ulHaq | |
The Judicial Murder of My Father | |
Two More Years Alone in Subjail | |
Taking on the Dictator | |
The Years of Exile | |
The Death of My Brother | |
Return to Lahore and the August 1986 Massacre | |
Married From My Fathers House | |
New Hope for Democracy | |
The People Prevail | |
Democracys Challenge to Martial | |
Solitary Confinement in Sukkur Jail | |
Locked in My Mothers Old Cell at Karachi Central Jail | |
Prime Minister and Beyond | |