Birth of Bangladesh : the politics of history and the history of politics / Nurul Kabir.

By:

Kabir, Nurul

Publication details: Dhaka : Samhati Publications, 2022 [Second impression].Description: 1230 pages ; 25 cmISBN:

9789849665762

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

320.95492

Contents:

Prologue. Birth of Bangladesh through a national liberation war: Misleading narratives of a leading political Event I. Politics of history and history of politics: Trapping Bangladesh movement in classist, partisan, gendered and jingoistic historiography II. Neo-colonialist rule of (West) Pakistan: Making of the Bangladesh movement in the East III. West's Betrayal ignites flame of national liberation in the East: Hesitant leadership lagging behind a rebellious people IV. West's murderous military mayhem: Initial resistance by an unprepared East V. Belated proclamation of Bangladesh's independence: Political failure at the moment of truth VI. Fighting the Liberation War: The wars within and beyond the war VII. National war, global activism and international polarisation: Politics of regional dominance and birth of Bangladesh VIII. The Left's liberation war and the League's illiberal hostilities: Selective silence of Bangladesh's official history IX. Extraordinary war of the ordinaries: Expulsion from history and exclusion by the state X. External politics of trivializing the great Mukti-victory: Bangladesh's ugly birthmark and failure to try Pakistani war crimes Epilogue. Ruling-class politics of diseventalisation: Settling the claims of history

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode	Item holds
Book	Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks	Ayesha Abed Library General Stacks	320.95492 KAB (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Checked out	28/11/2024	3010042272

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Prologue. Birth of Bangladesh through a national liberation war: Misleading narratives of a leading political Event
I. Politics of history and history of politics: Trapping Bangladesh movement in classist, partisan, gendered and jingoistic historiography
II. Neo-colonialist rule of (West) Pakistan: Making of the Bangladesh movement in the East
III. West's Betrayal ignites flame of national liberation in the East: Hesitant leadership lagging behind a rebellious people
IV. West's murderous military mayhem: Initial resistance by an unprepared East
V. Belated proclamation of Bangladesh's independence: Political failure at the moment of truth
VI. Fighting the Liberation War: The wars within and beyond the war
VII. National war, global activism and international polarisation: Politics of regional dominance and birth of Bangladesh
VIII. The Left's liberation war and the League's illiberal hostilities: Selective silence of Bangladesh's official history
IX. Extraordinary war of the ordinaries: Expulsion from history and exclusion by the state
X. External politics of trivializing the great Mukti-victory: Bangladesh's ugly birthmark and failure to try Pakistani war crimes
Epilogue. Ruling-class politics of diseventalisation: Settling the claims of history

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