memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War Bose, Sarmila. creator text bibliography biography nyu New York Gurgaon, India Columbia University Press Hachette c2011 2011 monographic eng

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x, 239 pages ; 23 cm. 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. Sarmila Bose. Includes bibliographical references and index. a-bg--- Collective memory Bangladesh Interviews Bangladesh War victims Bangladesh Interviews War and society Bangladesh History 20th century Bangladesh History Revolution, 1971 Personal narratives Bangladesh Biography Bangladesh History Revolution, 1971 Social aspects DS395.7.A2 B67 2011 954.92046 9789350093047 9780231701648 (alk. paper) 0231701640 (alk. paper) 2010048438 DLC 120318 24671