The Colonel Who Would Not Repent: The Bangladesh War and Its Unquiet Legacy by Tripathi, Salil

The Colonel Who Would Not Repent: The Bangladesh War and Its Unquiet Legacy (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9780300218183)

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The Colonel Who Would Not Repent: The Bangladesh War and Its Unquiet Legacy by Tripathi, Salil

The Colonel Who Would Not Repent: The Bangladesh War and Its Unquiet Legacy

$37.50
The Colonel Who Would Not Repent: The Bangladesh War and Its Unquiet Legacy by Tripathi, Salil

The Colonel Who Would Not Repent: The Bangladesh War and Its Unquiet Legacy

$37.50
Format: Hardcover
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A searing, kaleidoscopic portrait of Bangladesh from the 1947 Partition to the present

Bangladesh was once East Pakistan, the Muslim nation carved out of the Indian Subcontinent when it gained independence from Britain in 1947. As religion alone could not keep East Pakistan and West Pakistan together, Bengali-speaking East Pakistan fought for and achieved liberation in 1971. Coups and assassinations followed, and two decades later it completed its long, tumultuous transition to parliamentary government. Its history is complex and tragic--one of war, natural disaster, starvation, corruption, and political instability.

First published in India by the Aleph Book Company, Salil Tripathi's lyrical, beautifully wrought tale of the difficult birth and conflict-ridden politics of this haunted land has received international critical acclaim, and his reporting has been honored with a Mumbai Press Club Red Ink Award for Excellence in Journalism. The Colonel Who Would Not Repent is an insightful study of a nation struggling to survive and define itself.

Author: Salil Tripathi
ISBN-10: 0300218184
ISBN-13: 9780300218183
Publisher: Yale University Press
Language: English
Published: 04/26/2016
Pages: 408
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 1.50lbs
Size: 9.30h x 6.20w x 1.20d

Review Citation(s):
Choice 10/01/2016
By Salil Tripathi
By Salil Tripathi
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Salil Tripathi has been a foreign correspondent in Singapore and is a contributing editor to Mint and Caravan, both published in India. A former board member of English PEN, he works at a human rights organization in London and has been a visiting fellow for business and human rights at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government. He lives in London, UK.

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