Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies
Bangladesh Institute of International and Strategic Studies
1 Background: The Creation of Pakistan and Eclipse of
the Muslim League 1
2 The Growth of the Awami League as an Opposition
Party in East Bengal
and the Demand for Provincial Autonomy 22
3 The Revolution of 1958 and the Decade of Ayub Khan's
Rule (1958-1960) 43
4 The Radicalization of Bengali Politics and the Mass
Upsurge in East Pakistan 111
5 The Yahya Regime and Its New Strategy 129
6 The Bangladesh Government-in-Exile and the Liberation
Movement 186
7 The Disintegration of Pakistan and the Birth of
Bangladesh 219
Conclusions 266
Select Bibliography 272
Index 283