The Blood Telegram by Gary J. Bass7/6/2023 ![]() ![]() Whether power can be won in retrospect with critical historical research is a topic for another essay, another book even, but certainly we see in Bass’ astounding volume a shifting of perspective and understanding of a previously hidden chapter of American as well as Pakistani, Bengali and Indian history. It is often said that ‘history is written by the winners’, though there is some room for challenge to that truism it would seem, given the publication of Bass’ recent exposé of the role of Nixon and Kissinger in the massacre of hundreds of thousands of (mainly) Bengali Hindus in 1971. ![]()
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