As I have always suspected, there is reason to believe that much of what we think we know of the War in 71, is a essentially a distortion. Understandable since history really is written by the victor. Its not say that Pak Army weren’t guilty of their share of atrocities, but neither are those supposedly fighting for Bengali independence.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-south-asia-13417170
Controversial book accuses Bengalis of 1971 war crimes
Forty years ago Bangladesh won its independence from Pakistan in a short but brutal civil war in which it was claimed as many as three million people could have died. A book released to coincide with the anniversary has reached some highly controversial conclusions as the BBC’s Alastair Lawson has discovered.
Sarmila Bose’s book, Dead Reckoning, says that one of the bloodiest wars in the past half-century has been “dominated by the narrative of the victorious side” - Bangladeshi nationalists who won independence in 1971 from Pakistan.
She writes that both sides in the conflict “are still imprisoned by wartime partisan myths”.
The introduction of her book does not exonerate Pakistani troops from committing atrocities during Bangladesh’s bloody struggle for freedom.
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to say that non bengalis did not suffer at the hands of bengali mobs during this period would be ridiculous. That is what many bengalis claim and believe btw. the views of non bengalis who escaped, lost loved ones and many who are in camps state otherwise. interesting that someone has addressed that .
Re: New book challenges popularly held beliefs on 1971 war.
War is brutal and should be the last resort. Too often, it is not, and the little guy suffers.