The 1971 Indo-Pak War : A Soldier's Narrative/Hakeem Arshad Qureshi.
Reprint. Karachi, Oxford University Press, 2004, xiv, 325 p., plates, ISBN 0 19
579778 7.
The 1971 Indo-Pak War : A Soldier's Narrative/Hakeem Arshad Qureshi.
Reprint. Karachi, Oxford University Press, 2004, xiv, 325 p., plates, ISBN 0 19
579778 7.
Contents: Preface. 1. Total recall. 2. The way it was. 3. The elections and after. 4. Ground realities. 5. Dance of death. 6. A flexing of muscles. 7. Reassertion of state power. 8. Re-establishment of international border. 9. A breathing space. 10. Interlude-miles to go. 11. Run-up to disaster. 12. The build-up to war. 13. Preparations for war. 14. The war. 15. The ultimate shame. 16. Captivity--a state of non-existence. 17. Camp 88. where Gandhi lived. 18. An unending dilemma. 19. Journey's end. 20. In retrospect. 21. Home at last. 22. A reappraisal. 23. Alive again. 24. The military action. 25. Concluding observations. Annexures. Bibliography. Index.