The book provides a detailed, insider critique of the brutal military operation launched on March 25, 1971. The author does not shy away from calling it a catastrophic miscalculation that turned a political problem into a genocide and armed insurgency.
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General A.A.K. Niazi, the commander in East Pakistan, was given vague orders. He was told to "hold the territory" but not allowed to strike into Indian territory to disrupt the Mukti Bahini’s training camps. Matinuddin argues that Niazi should have been allowed to attack the Assam and Tripura borders to stretch Indian forces. Instead, he was told to sit static—a death sentence for a smaller army. Niazi, the commander in East Pakistan, was given
The general elections of December 1970 were supposed to unify Pakistan. Instead, they produced a mathematical nightmare. The Awami League won 160 out of 162 seats from East Pakistan, securing an absolute majority in the National Assembly. Instead, he was told to sit static—a death