Chapter 1: Sheikh Mujib’s Rise to National Prominence
Chapter 2: The Failure of Tripartite Negotiation and the Military
Crackdown
Chapter 3: The Liberation War and the Emergence of Bangladesh
Chapter 4: The Mujib Regime: Major Political Measures
Chapter 5: The Mujib Regime: Major Economic Measures
Chapter 6: The Curtain Falls
Chapter 7: The Mujib Regime: Major Legacies and Controversies
Caf Dowlah is professor of economics with the City University of New York.
Dowlah confirms the continued salience of the debate about the
place of Sheik Mujib in contemporary Bangladeshi history and
politics. This book will have special relevance for insiders who
know the characters and wish to garner support for the various and
sometimes contradictory interpretations of the liberation struggle
and the first years of the country's independence under the
charismatic leadership of its founding father, Sheik Mujibur
Rahman. It also is an easy read for those who desire an insider's
view of the 1971 struggle, the emergence of Bangladesh, and its
aftermath.
*Shelley Feldman, Cornell University*
Caf Dowlah's lucid and methodical study of the Bangladesh
Liberation War and its aftermath offers a careful explication of
one of the twentieth century's most triumphant and tragic struggles
for independence. Eschewing over-determined historical analysis and
the temptations of hagiography, Professor Dowlah offers a measured
assessment of the charismatic Sheikh Mujib and his role in the
struggle for Bangladesh. Balancing Mujib's skills as a nationalist
torchbearer against his inability to deliver on the promise of
economic and political reform, this book represents a valuable
contribution to the flowering of new literature on the unlikely
birth of a new South Asian nation.
*Benjamin Siegel, Boston University*
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