American Policy Towards The Bangladesh Liberation War In 1971 : A Collection of Essential Documents (Hardcover)

by Mahmudul Haque (Editor)

Category: Research and Deeds on Liberation War

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This volume is a collection of documents concerning American policy towards the Bangladesh liberation war in 1971 pursued by President Richard Nixon and his National Security Advisor Henry Kissinger. This policy came to be known as "tilt" for Pakistan. Washington gave all-out moral and material support to Pakistan's military regime under General Yahya Khan during the nine-month long liberation war of Bangladesh. The compiled documents demonstrate the nature and extent of US help for Pakistan as well as the policy-making process in Washington, D.C. However, the Nixon-Kissinger efforts to protect the territorial unity of Pakistan and hinder the cause of Bangladesh proved unavailing. The indomitable Mukti Bahini of Bangladesh with substantial Indian help eventually came out victorious when the marauding Pakistani forces surrendered to the Indo-Bangladesh joint command in Dhaka on 16 December 1971, making independent Bangladesh a reality.

Title	American Policy Towards The Bangladesh Liberation War In 1971 : A Collection of Essential Documents
Editor	Mahmudul Haque
Publisher	Asiatic Society of Bangladesh
ISBN	9789849319146
Edition	1st Published, 2018
Country	Bangladesh
Language	English

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Mahmudul Haque

Mahmudul Huque is Professor of History, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh, with specialization in South Asian history, foreign policy, security, and US interests in the region. His numerous awards include a Ford Foundation fellowship at the Center for International and Security Studies, Maryland (CISSM), a Korea Foundation Field Research Fellowship and a Senior Fulbright Fellowship. Dr. Huque's most recent publications are War and Peace in South Asia: American Policy in Historical Perspective (Dhaka: Academic Press and Publishers Library) and From Autonomy to Independence: The United States, Pakistan and the Emergence of Bangladesh (New Delhi: Vikas Publishing House Pvt. Limited).