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The 1971 conflict mired Pakistan in a bitter civil war and brutal stuggle both within its own country and against neighboring India. Backed by the Soviet Union and the United States, the 1971 war was fought over territories of East Pakistan, which then seceded to become Bangladesh. Through a detailed investigation of representative events on the ground, this remarkably human history contextualizes the war while vividly theorizing on the nature of the conflict itself.As with most wars, the narrative of 1971 has largely been written by the victors. All other actors have been imprisoned within partisan mythologies. This book sets out to rectify this bias, reconstructing events though extensive interviews conducted in Bangladesh and Pakistan over four years. It features published and unpublished recollections, sampling from official documents, tapes, photographs, video documentaries, and reports issued by the foreign media. Many interviewees speak about their experiences for the first time, introducing new strands into an otherwise poorly represented history.
Their 'contesting' memories diverge from dominant narratives in crucial ways, ultimately showing how the war's reverberations continue to play out within the region.
Contents. Overview Bose uses personal interviews from all sides of the war. It accuses Bangladeshis and Pakistanis of 'myth making.' Controversies Criticism Bose's study has been criticized by various indian historians and academics for numerous inaccuracies and excessive reliance on Pakistani military and government sources, thereby giving a low estimate of the.
Researchers have accused her of flawed and biased methodology, and downplaying. In several cases, she misquoted her interviewees and other academics that she cites as reference. Bose has been criticised for her bias towards Pakistani Army in the language she deploys – Bangladeshi accounts are labelled 'claims', Pakistani officers' accounts are straightforward accounts. Bose's impartiality has also been questioned due to her role as an advocate of US arms sales to Pakistan., the author of 1971: A Global History of the Creation of Bangladesh, calls Bose's book a 'disturbing misrepresentation of the 1971 war' and further writes that 'it is impossible to review the entire catalogue of evasions, obfuscations, omissions and methodological errors that suffuses the book'. Minimization of rapes The most severe criticisms against Bose report that Bose's claims that allegations of genocide and rape by the were exaggerated by and. She is alleged to have presented selective interviews of witnesses in favour of her opinions.
Bose has been criticized long before publishing the book for her research methodologies. She accepts the statement of Pakistani Brigadier Taj that no women were tortured in to be true even though Taj was not present during the operation.
But she invalidates the testimony of an eye witness of the incidents of rape done by Pakistani Army as the witness is illiterate. In another case, she asserted that since one rape victim feared for her life, she must have consented to having sex with Pakistani soldiers. Bose's book implies a claim to being the 'first' to dissect the death toll of 3 million in 1971, Zunaid Kazi had already documented 12 different media estimates of death tolls.
Response Bose has responded to three of her most notable critics –, and Srinath Raghavan. Sarmila Bose has responded to her critics, and maintains that her research is unbiased and those she calls her critics who were accusing her of 'betrayal' were 'those who have profited for so long from the.'
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Bose, Sarmila (2011). Dead Reckoning. Columbia University Press. Further reading. External links.