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1971 : a global history of the creation of Bangladesh /

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.

Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Raghavan, Srinath (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts ; London, England : Harvard University Press, 2013.
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Online Access:Texto completo
Table of 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.