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List of books that will give you more information or discription about Bangladesh's turbulent political history and places. Basically, Facts and research works of many scholors. Hope you find this list very helpful.

BANGLADESH THE BIRTH OF A NATION
A handbook of background information and documentary sources compiled by Marta R. Nicholas and Philip Oldenburg from contributions by a number of scholars from the university of chicago and elsewhere.
Publisher:1972
M. Seshachalam & Co.
14, Sunkurama Chetty St
Madras 1,INDIA

OF BLOOD AND FIRE [Over publisized]
More of personal small memories and a whole lot of nothing, I don't recomend this book; on the other hand if you like reading others journals then its okay.
Author: Jahanara Imam
Publisher:1989
Sterling Publishers Private Limited
L-10,Green Park Extension
New Delhi-110 016

SOUTH ASIAN CRISIS
Author:Robert Jackson
This book will tell you the story of the nine month political episode of Bangladesh.From the Awami League's Six points to the instrument of surrender of Pakistan Eastern Comand.
Publisher: 1975
Praeger Publisher
111 Fourth Avenue
N.Y. 10003

THE SAGA OF BANGLADESH
Author:Jamna Das Akhtar
From the language movement to the birth of Bangladesh.A very good book.
Publisher:1971
Oriental Publishers
1488 Patuadi House
Darya Ganj,Delhi-6

ROOTS OF CONFONTRATION IN SOUTH ASIA
Author: Stanley Wolpert
South Asia has become the center of a perilous global confrontation. With Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, and Afghanistan all historically and geographically caught within a potentially explosive nuclear global conflict, this book suggests a more enlightened approach to South Asia and its people.
Publisher:1982
Oxford University Press, Inc.

NEEDLESS HUNGER
Author: Betsy Hartmann & James K. Boyce
Bengali-speaking anthropologist spent two years in Bangladesh investigating the paradox of hunger in a "basketcase" country which actually can produce enough for its people.They not only trace the history and structure of Bangladesh society, they also draw us into the daily lives of the village people.
Publisher:1990
Institute for food and development policy
145 ninth street,
San Francisco,CA 94103

POLITICS AND SOCITEY IN BENGAL
Author:Shawkat Ara Husain
The book presents an analysis of society and politics in the context of the working of the Bengal Legislative Council in the twenties and early thirties.
Publisher:1991
Bangla Academy

1994 SOUTH ASIAN HANDBOOK
Editor: Robert Bradnock
City maps, where to stay or what to see when and where.
Publisher:1993
Passport books
4255 W. Touhy AVE.
Lincolnwood,IL 60646-1975

INSIGHT GUIDES:SOUTH ASIA
Author: Hans Johannes Hoefer
This book focused on the better known sites of each destination, presenting potential travelers with a limited but well-rounded choice of places to visit and things to do. This book will be especially useful for first-time visitors.
Publisher:1988
Graphic Arts Center Publishing
3019 N.W. Yeon
P.O. Box 10306
Portland,OR 97210

TRAVEL SURVIVAL KIT: BANGLADESH
Author: Jon Murray
This comprehensive guide reveals the incredible variety of attractions of this often-neglected country. Comprehensive background information on culture and history with detailed maps.
Publisher:1991
Lonely Planet Publications
PO Box 2001A
Berkeley,CA 94702

BANGLADESH: THE UNFINISHED REVOLUTION
Author: Lawrence Lifschultz
This book takes the lid off hitherto unknown facts about Bangladesh's turbulent political history since 1974. The facts of theoverthrow of Sheik Mujibur Rahman, the founding nationalist leader, and the execution of Colonel Abu Taher.This book was banned in Bangladesh.
Publisher:1979
Zed Press
57 Caledonian Road,
London N1 9DN

FOLKLORE OF BANGLADESH
Editor: Shamsuzzaman Khan
Collection and studiee of Bengali folklore.This book reviews Bengali folklore, covering all branches, namely tales, songs, proverbs, riddles, superstitions and traditional materials.

Publisher:1987
Bangla Academy

INDIA BRITANNICA
Author:Geoffrey Moorhouse
This book traces the gradual ascension of the East India Company, the conquests and administration of Clive, Hastings, Cornwallis, and Wellesley, and concludes with the sudden disengagement under the aegis of the last Viceroy, Lord Mountbatten.
Publisher:1983
Harper & Row, Publishers,Inc.
10 East 53rd Street
NY 10022

PAKISTAN CRISIS
Author: David Loshak
The first book of its kind to be published in the United States, it makes an important contribution to our understanding of Pakistan's tangled affairs from the 1947 partition of India through the birth of Bangladesh.
Publisher:1971
McGraw-Hill Book Co.

WAR AND SECESSION:PAKISTAN,INDIA AND THE CREATION OF BANGLADESH
Author: Richard Sisson and Leo E. Rose
Reconstruction of the events and decisions leading to the creation of the independent nation Bangladesh.The authors have gained access to important government documents hitherto unavailable...
Publisher:1990
University of California Press

THE EMERGENCE OF BANGLADESH
Author: Wayne Wilcox
Foreign affairs studies:Problems and opportunities for a redefined American policy in South Asia.
Publisher:1973
American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research
Washington,D.C.

HISTORICAL DICTIONARY OF BANGLADESH
Author: Craig Baxter & Syedur Rahman
Data of general works, culture, science, sociology, history, politics, economics and people.
Publisher:1989
The Scarecrow Press, Inc.

BANGLADESH: A NEW NATION IN AN OLD SETTING
Author: Craig Baxter
A broad introduction to the People's Republic of Bangladesh- a new nation, independent only since 1971, but set in an ancient area of the world.
Publisher:1984
Westview Press

AFTER THE DARK NIGHT
Author: S. M. Ali
This is a book about problems of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman and post-liberation Bangladesh-as it is trying to face the challenge of reconstruction. It describes the slow and steady, if somewhat confused, movement towards stability and progress in this country.
Publisher:1973
Thomson Press(India) limited
29 Netaji Subhas Marg
Delhi 110006

THE LAST DAYS OF UNITED PAKISTAN
Author: G. W. Choudhury
The author describes and analyses the internal and external developments in Pakistan from the fall of Ayub Khan in march 1969 to the fall of Dhaka in december 1971.
Publisher:1974
Indiana University Press