02616nam 2200613 450 991081589050332120230803033307.00-674-73127-10-674-73129-810.4159/harvard.9780674731295(CKB)3710000000072855(EBL)3301366(SSID)ssj0001082487(PQKBManifestationID)11554864(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001082487(PQKBWorkID)11098692(PQKB)10651657(MiAaPQ)EBC3301366(DE-B1597)213469(OCoLC)884543860(DE-B1597)9780674731295(Au-PeEL)EBL3301366(CaPaEBR)ebr10816582(EXLCZ)99371000000007285520131221d2013 uy 0engurnn#---|||||txtccr1971 a global history of the creation of Bangladesh /Srinath RaghavanCambridge, Massachusetts ;London :Harvard University Press,2013.©[2013]1 online resource (368 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-674-72864-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 --IndexThe 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.Global history of the creation of BangladeshIndia-Pakistan Conflict, 1971BangladeshHistoryRevolution, 1971South AsiaPolitics and governmentIndia-Pakistan Conflict, 1971.954.9205/1Raghavan Srinath1626277MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK991081589050332119713962203UNINA$14.9812/07/2019Hist