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1971 : a global history of the creation of Bangladesh

Title
1971 : a global history of the creation of Bangladesh / Srinath Raghavan.
Author
Raghavan, Srinath
Publication
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.

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Description
358 pages : map; 24 cm
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.
Alternative Title
Global history of the creation of Bangladesh
Subjects
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents
Prologue: The chronicle of a birth foretold? -- The turning point -- Breakdown -- The neighbor -- The grand strategists -- The reluctant Russians -- Poster child and pariah -- Power and principle -- The Chinese puzzle -- Escalation -- Strange victory -- Epilogue: The garden of forking paths.
Call Number
JFE 14-211
ISBN
  • 9780674728646 (alk. paper)
  • 0674728645 (alk. paper)
LCCN
  • 2013012267
  • 40022900642
OCLC
841897077
Author
Raghavan, Srinath, author.
Title
1971 : a global history of the creation of Bangladesh / Srinath Raghavan.
Publisher
Cambridge, Massachusetts : Harvard University Press, 2013.
Type of Content
text
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Other Standard Identifier
40022900642
Research Call Number
JFE 14-211
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