Dead reckoning
Subtitle: memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War
By: Sarmila Bose
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 288
ISBN-13: 9780231701648
Subjects: Collective memory; Bangladesh; Social aspects; Interviews; War victims; War and society; Personal narratives; Biography; History
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: Memories in conflict; title: Call to arms : Bengali nationalist rebellion; title: Military inaction : power without responsibility; title: Military action : "Operation Searchlight" in Dhaka; title: Uncivil war : mobs, mutinies, and madness; title: Village of widows : "securing" the countryside; title: Hounding of Hindus : the politics of minority persecution; title: Hit and run : sabotage and retribution; title: Fratricide : death squads at war's end; title: Words and numbers : memories and monstrous fables; title: Appendix 1: Bibliographical note; title: Appendix 2: List of interviewees.