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Record Nr.

UNINA9910815890503321

Autore

Raghavan Srinath

Titolo

1971 : a global history of the creation of Bangladesh / / Srinath Raghavan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Massachusetts ; ; London : , : Harvard University Press, , 2013

©[2013]

ISBN

0-674-73127-1

0-674-73129-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Disciplina

954.9205/1

Soggetti

India-Pakistan Conflict, 1971

Bangladesh History Revolution, 1971

South Asia Politics and government

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Contents -- Prologue: The Chronicle of a Birth Foretold? -- 1. The Turning Point -- 2. Breakdown -- 3. The Neighbor -- 4. The Grand Strategists -- 5. The Reluctant Russians -- 6. Poster Child and Pariah -- 7. Power and Principle -- 8. The Chinese Puzzle -- 9. Escalation -- 10. Strange Victory -- Epilogue: The Garden of Forking Paths -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Acknowledgments -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

The war of 1971 that created Bangladesh was the most significant geopolitical event in the Indian subcontinent since partition in 1947. It tilted the balance of power between India and Pakistan steeply in favor of India. Srinath Raghavan contends that the crisis and its cast of characters can be understood only in a wider international context.