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For such a broad canvas spread over so many decades I think one can't be hasty in concluding upon so few witnessess and accounts. To be reasonable, name of this could be 'Killers Memories of the Bangladesh War'. Many Bengalis, supposed to be fighting for freedom and dignity, committed appalling atrocities; many Pakistani Army officers, carrying out a military action against a political rebellion, turned out to be fine men doing their best to fight an unconventional war within the conventions of warfare. They had limited manpower. Lakh is the Indian word for ,, and it sometimes seemed as if the majority of Bengalis knew no other number, or, if they did, it was "crore" — ten million — at least when describing the atrocities and depredations of their West Pakistani oppressors.

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Journalists who covered the Bangladesh war in remember the phrase with a mixture of amusement and frustration. Lists with This Book.

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The research methodology is not potent enough to deny the genocide caused by Pakistan Armed Force in A truly riveting read from start to finish, enough to destroy any preconceived mainstream notions general readers may have had on the Bangladesh War of What makes the book a recommended read is the plain objectivity of the author. Most of the leadership in Pakistan was convinced to back the Americans because they were afraid that if not the Indian propaganda machinery would make them party to Al-Qiada in no time at all.

An eye-opening book, and one which everyone who has any doubts about the supposed 'genocide' in East Pakistan during the war should read. Not to mention, there is no proof of such interviews ever happened, nor she bothered to present a statistical counts of a systematic study.

This region, regretfully, is neither in habit nor ready to absorb such historiographical efforts for the moment. Refresh and try again.

Dead Reckoning by Sarmila Bose - review | Books | The Guardian

So whatever she heard was biased. Feb 12, Shafi Ibtesham rated it did not like it. The numbers mattered, and matter still, because they make the difference between reckonning the war as a tragedy and seeing it as a terrible crime, indeed as a genocide.

Where the above quoted saying bosee in play is that the people she interviewed are all regrettably part of different biased societies which have been bred on the basis of hatred to each other. It was her innovation to include those testimonies, so of course she is going to be less critical of them.

In short, this book is a piece of insensitive and heartless propaganda against the victims of one of the most heinous genocide of last century. She also gives too much credence to Pakistani military accounts as opposed to other existing accounts leading to that low casualty estimate. Why do you hate Bangladeshis so much? dwad

Bad things were done on both sides, pro-liberation and loyalist, but Pakistan Army did a very fine job. Many books have been written on the same subject by various authors but a true picture depicted by the Indian Writer Sarmila Bose. In the end she establishes that the figure of 3 million killed by the Pakistan Army andwomen raped is patently fabricated, as are many other incidents and events attributed to them.

Her neutrality in evaluation of events is striking. Despite this criticism, what Bose has produced is useful, precisely because this subject area is under-researched and under-documented.

As such history is nothing but a fable, unless seen from all sides, and accommodates all points of view. I came across some of the reviews and comments of people criticising Ms Bose, calling her an apologist, biased and some of them accused her of writing the record in favour of Pakistan Army.

So I had to check this one up. Views Read Edit View history. This book is a shame. And most importantly, can Bengali nationalists claim the higher moral ground in accusing their then enemy of war crimes?

Feb 12, Sajal Dash rated it did not like it. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. What the writer successfully did is that she figured out certain possibilities about the events actually occurred which are over exaggerated.

Dead Reckoning: Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War

Yes, it's conclusion that at mostwere killed is constructed largely through hand waving, making bold assumptions, which is a departure from her generally highly empirical method.

All parties to szrmila war are still largely imprisoned by wartime partisan mythologies. I don't understand how anyone could read her accounts of Operation Searchlight, or the Chuknagar Massacare without coming away with the conclusion that Bengalis and especially Bengali Hindus were the subject of horrible atrocities at the hands of the Pakistanis and their collaborators.

Sarmila Bose has done something rare and unique. Makes me wonder on the credibility of such academicians!