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Bose, Sarmila.

Dead reckoning : memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War / Sarmila Bose. - New York : Gurgaon, India ; Columbia University Press : Hachette, c2011. - x, 239 pages ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction: Memories in conflict -- Call to arms : Bengali nationalist rebellion -- Military inaction : power without responsibility -- Military action : "Operation Searchlight" in Dhaka -- Uncivil war : mobs, mutinies, and madness -- Village of widows : "securing" the countryside -- Hounding of Hindus : the politics of minority persecution -- Hit and run : sabotage and retribution -- Fratricide : death squads at war's end -- Words and numbers : memories and monstrous fables -- Appendix 1: Bibliographical note -- Appendix 2: List of interviewees.

ISBN: 9789350093047 9780231701648 (alk. paper) 0231701640 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2010048438

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015831150 Uk

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015831150 Uk

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015831150 Uk

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015831150 Uk

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015831150 Uk

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015831150 Uk

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015831150 Uk

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 015831150 Uk

LC Class. No.: DS395.7.A2 / B67 2011

Dewey Class. No.: 954.92046