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Guardian article on Dr Sarmila Boses new book

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Journalist Ian Jack has written an article in The Guardian (21 May) on Sarmila Boses recent book: Dead Reckoning: Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War.


He writes: As all good history tends to do, it complicates and contradicts the simple, heroic narrative of national struggle and he adds, A truth about the Bangladesh war is that remarkably few scholars and historians have given it thorough, independent scrutiny. Boses research has taken her from the archives to interviews with elderly peasants in Bangladesh and retired army officers in Pakistan. Her findings are significant.

The full article can be read here.