The Blood Telegram: India’s Secret War in East Pakistan

Gary J Bass

Vintage Books

368 pages, Rs 499

A riveting history of the real motives and actions that led to the 1971 Indo-Pakistan War and the creation of Bangladesh, leaving in its wake a host of major strategic consequences for Asia and the world today. Drawing on recently declassified documents, unheard White House tapes, and meticulous investigative reporting, Bass gives us an unprecedented chronicle of the break-up of Pakistan, and India’s role in it.