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The Blood telegram Nixon, Kissinger, and a forgotten genocide

A full-length account of the involvement of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in Pakistan's brutal 1970s military dictatorship argues that they encouraged China's military presence in India, illegally supplied weapons used in massacres and embraced military strategies that have negatively impacted g...

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Main Author: Bass, Gary Jonathan, 1969- (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Alfred A. Knopf, 2013.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
United States > Foreign relations > 1969-1974.
Bangladesh > History > Revolution, 1971 > Atrocities.
Genocide > Bangladesh.
Nixon, Richard M. > (Richard Milhous), > 1913-1994.
Kissinger, Henry, > 1923-
United States > Foreign relations > South Asia.
South Asia > Foreign relations > United States.
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Summary:A full-length account of the involvement of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in Pakistan's brutal 1970s military dictatorship argues that they encouraged China's military presence in India, illegally supplied weapons used in massacres and embraced military strategies that have negatively impacted geopolitics for decades. By the author of Freedom's Battle.
Physical Description:xxiv, 499 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 347-478) and index.
ISBN:9780307700209 (hbk.)
0307700208 (hbk.)
Author Notes:Gary J. Bass is the author of  Freedom's Battle: The Origins of Humanitarian Intervention  and  Stay the Hand of Vengeance: The Politics of War Crimes Tribunals.  He is a professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University. A former reporter for  The Economist,  he often writes for The   New York Times  and has also written for  The New Yorker, The Washington Post,  the  Los Angeles Times, The Boston Globe, The New Republic, Foreign Affairs, Foreign Policy, Slate,  and other publications. 

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