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1971 : A Global History of the Creation of Bangladesh / Srinath Raghavan.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: Rankhet : Permanent Black, c2013.Description: 358 p. : ill.; 22 cmISBN:
  • 8178243806 (hbk.)
Other title:
  • Global History of the Creation of Bangladesh
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 954.92051 23
Contents:
Prologue: The chronicle of a birth foretold? -- The turning point -- Breakdown -- The neighbor -- The grand strategists -- Russian roulette -- Poster child and pariah -- Power and principle -- The Chinese cracker -- Escalation -- Strange victory -- Epilogue: Garden of forked paths.
Summary: Argues that the breakup of a two-winged Pakistan was not inevitable and that the foreign relations of the Cold War and nascent globalization had an important effect on the war in 1971 that resulted in that breakup.
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Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
Books Books Gulbanoo Premji Library of Azim Premji University, Bengaluru VAM Collection 4th Floor 954.92051 RAG (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available G44390
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue: The chronicle of a birth foretold? -- The turning point -- Breakdown -- The neighbor -- The grand strategists -- Russian roulette -- Poster child and pariah -- Power and principle -- The Chinese cracker -- Escalation -- Strange victory -- Epilogue: Garden of forked paths.

Argues that the breakup of a two-winged Pakistan was not inevitable and that the foreign relations of the Cold War and nascent globalization had an important effect on the war in 1971 that resulted in that breakup.

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