Blood over different shade of green : East Pakistan 1971 : history revisited
/ Ikram Sehgal
- Karachi : Oxford University Press, 2020
- xx, 410 p.
1. The cultural identity of east Bengalis 2. The language movement 3. Purba Pakistan : the united Bengal plan and the partition of Bengal 4. Economic disparity and delayed development of East Pakistan 5. Political differences between east and West Pakistan 6. The 1965 war, the six point movement and agartala 7. Towards open confrontation 8. First general election in Pakistan: December 1970 9. Election aftermath 10. Outrage in March 1971 11. A deadly polarization 12. The stalemate 13. Operation searchlight phase-1 14. Winning the battle but losing the war 1 15. Accusations of rape and genocide 16. Winning the battle but losing the war 2 17. India’s role in the East Pakistan crisis 18. Dhaka daze 19. The theatre of the absurd: September-October 1971 20. The beginning of the end 21. The last days of united Pakistan 22. The aftermath of 1971: lessons to be learned
9780190702274 (pbk)
Bangladesh--Sehgal, Ikram, 1946--Pakistan--Politics and government