The Blood Telegram
Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide (pulitzer Prize Finalist)
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group · Print & ebook · July 15, 2014
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.
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- Who it’s for
- A sharply reported history of secret diplomacy, moral failure, and consequences that reach beyond 1971.
- Themes
- American foreign policy, 1971 Bangladesh atrocities, Superpower brinkmanship
- Genres
- History of India, 20th-Century America, Diplomacy
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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.
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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.
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A sharply reported history of secret diplomacy, moral failure, and consequences that reach beyond 1971.
Come here for
- White House tapes and declassified documents brought to bear on a pivotal crisis
- The uneasy intersection of strategy, scandal, and conscience
Expect
- Investigative reporting with the sweep of diplomatic history
- A focused account of choices with lasting global consequences
Where it sits
| History of India | 34% |
|---|---|
| Diplomacy | 27% |
| 20th-Century America | 24% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Indian & South Asian History
- Diplomacy
- Human Rights
- Authors
- Gary J. Bass
- Publisher
- Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
- Published
- July 15, 2014
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- American foreign policy · 1971 Bangladesh atrocities · Superpower brinkmanship
- Reading lane
- Indian & South Asian History