Finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in General Nonfiction Winner of the Council on Foreign Relations' Arthur Ross Book Award Winner of the Lionel Gelber Prize for Best Foreign Affairs Book Winner of the Asia Society's Bernard Schwartz Book Award Winner of the Cundill Prize for Historical Literature Winner of the Society for Historians of American Foreign Relations' Robert H. Ferrell Book Prize Winner of the Ramnath Goenka Award One of the Best Books of the Year at • The Economist • Financial Times • The New Republic • The Washington Post • Kirkus Reviews • A New York Times Notable Book This magnificent history provides the first full account of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger’s secret support for Pakistan in 1971 as it committed shocking atrocities in Bangladesh—which led to war between India and Pakistan, shaped the fate of Asia, and left major strategic consequences for the world today. Drawing on previously unheard White House tapes, recently declassified documents, and his own extensive investigative reporting, Gary Bass uncovers an astonishing unknown story of superpower brinkmanship, war, scandal, and conscience. Revelatory, authoritative, and compulsively readable, The Blood Telegram is a thrilling chronicle of a pivotal chapter in American foreign policy.
About the Author
GARY J. BASS is the author of The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in general nonfiction and won the Arthur Ross Book Award from the Council on Foreign Relations, the Bernard Schwartz Book Award from the Asia Society, the Cundill Prize in Historical Literature, and the Lionel Gelber Prize, among other awards. He is a professor of politics and international affairs at Princeton University. His previous books are Freedom’s Battle and Stay the Hand of Vengeance. A former reporter for The Economist, Bass writes often for The New York Timesand has written for The New Yorker, The Washington Post, The Atlantic, Foreign Affairs, and other publications.
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