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“Back to the Stone Age”: Origins of a Cliche

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 May 2025

Nick Cullather
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Just after 9/11, the United States allegedly threatened to bomb Pakistan “back to the stone age” unless it joined the war on terror. In his new book, Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf attributes the ultimatum to Richard Armitage, who flatly denies it. Sounding slightly less sure, President Bush says he was “taken aback by the harshness of the words.”

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Asia-Pacific Journal , Volume 4 , Issue 10 , October 2006 , e9
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