Language: EnglishPages: 526About the Book�In 1971, The pakistani army launched adevastating crackdown on what was then east pakistan.Killing thousands and sending ten million refugees fleeing into India. Theevents also sparked the 1971 indo-pakistani war.�Drawingon recently declassified documents, Unheard whitehouse tapes, and meticulous investigative reporting. Gary bass gives us anunprecedented chronicle of the break-up of pakistan. And Indias role in it, Thisis a pathbreaking account of Indias real motives.The build-up to the war, and the secret decisions taken by Indiragandhi and her closestadvisers.�This bookis also the story of how two of the worlds great democracies-India and theunited states-dealt with one of the most terrible humanitarian crises of thetwentieth century. The united states embrace of themilitary dictatorship in islamabad would affectgeopolitics for decades. The blood telegram is a revelatory and compellingwork, Essential reading for anyone interested in therecent history of our region.�About the Author�Gary j. Bass is the author of freedoms battle: the origins ofhumanitarian intervention