Bangladesh, India and Pakistan: International Relations and Regional Tensions in South Asia FROM THE PUBLISHER
The book provides a broad, analytical study of Bangladesh's relationship with India and Pakistan between 1975 and 1990. This period was largely one of military rule in Bangladesh, spanning the regimes of Ziaur Rahman (1975-81) and Hussain Muhammad Ershad (1982-90). Bangladesh's role in South Asian international relations has tended to be overlooked or underestimated. Biased and stereotypical views also abound where Bangladesh is concerned, partly due to the prevalence of bias and censorship found in the contemporary media.
SYNOPSIS
Jacques (School of Classics, History, and Religion at the U. of New England, Australia) explores the nature of Bangladesh's international relations with the two powerful (and antagonistic to each other) South Asian states of India and Pakistan. Arguing that previous discussions of the topic have been one sided, she explores the domestic and external pressures that have shaped Bangladeshi foreign policy. She finds that the most important factors are the Indo-Pakistani rivalry and the fact that Bangladesh has had to extract itself from a colonial relationship twice in the in its five decade history, first from Britain and then from Pakistan. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
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