Prologue : the chronicle of a birth foretold? -- The turning point -- Breakdown -- The neighbor -- The grand strategists -- The reluctant Russians -- Poster child and pariah -- Power and principle -- The Chinese puzzle -- Escalation -- Strange victory -- Epilogue : the garden of forking paths
Summary
Argues that the breakup of a two-winged Pakistan was not inevitable and that the foreign relations of the Cold War and nascent globalization had an important effect on the war in 1971 that resulted in that breakup
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes
Online resource; title from PDF title page (De Gruyter platform, viewed May 22, 2023)