War and Secession: Pakistan, India, and the Creation of BangladeshUniversity of California Press, 1990 - 338 pages A decade after the 1971 wars in South Asia, the principal decisionmakers were still uncertain why wars so clearly unwanted had occurred. The authors reconstruct the complex decisionmaking process attending the break-up of Pakistan and the subsequent war between India and Pakistan. Much of their data derive from interviews conducted with principal players in each of the countries immediately involved-Pakistan, India, and Bangladesh-including Indira Gandhi and leaders of the Awami League in Bangladesh. |
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Contents
Prologue and Overview | 1 |
Image and Legacy | 8 |
Image and Legacy | 35 |
A Culture of Distrust | 54 |
Crisis Bargaining | 91 |
A New Context | 107 |
The Indian Response | 134 |
Pakistan 25 MarchOctober 1971 | 154 |
India | 206 |
Pakistan | 221 |
Soviet Chinese and American Policies in the 1971 Crisis | 237 |
58 | 259 |
Interpretations | 266 |
Notes | 281 |
Participants Interviewed | 319 |
333 | |
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