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This book relates the personal experiences of the author and looks at East Pakistan from his perspective. The author served in East Pakistan for two years during the crucial period of 1969 to 1971. The book also includes an account of a cyclone that hit East Pakistan in 1970. He has analyzed the roles of the three major players in the game viz. General Yahya Khan, Zulfikar Ali Bhutto and Mujibur Rehman and the role of the US, which has been involved in Pakistan rightfrom the time of independence in 1947.
Contents
PREFACE ; INTRODUCTION ; PART I ; 1. My First Visit To Former East Pakistan (1966) ; 2. Three years later (1969-1971) ; 3. Killer Cyclone (1970) ; 4. Six Points Programme ; 5. General Elections (1970) ; 6. An Engineered Crisis ; 7. Yahya Panics And Postpones National Assembly Session ; 8. Military Crackdown, 25th March 1971 ; 9. Mujib's arrest and trial ; 10. Military and the Constitution ; 11. Inevitable happens (April and December 1971) ; 12. Sajid and his escape ; PART II ; 13. Hamoodur Rehman Commission Report ; 14. Anecdotal accounts of Atrocities ; 15. A General's View of the Disaster ; 16. The Tragedy - A Politician's View ; 17. Who is to Blame? ; 18. Polish Resolution ; 19. Yahya, the Architect of National Shame ; 20. Bhutto's Role ; 21. Mujib's Role ; 22. Could Ayub be blamed? ; 23. Camaraderie in the Army ; PART III ; 24. Last days before the Breakup ; 25. Role of the US ; 26. How did the US Consul General in Dhaka view the crisis? ; 27. Nixon and India ; 28. Was West Pakistan indeed threatened? ; INDEX
