Contents:
I. Politico-military backdrop -- Politics in Pakistan and the Bangladesh Liberation War, 1971 / Guru saday Batabyal -- India's politico-military strategy for the 1971 India-Pakistan War / J.S. Cheema Language, culture and the creation of Bangladesh / Dorothy Deb -- II. Military issues -- 1971, the War as I saw it / Shamsher M. Chowdhury -- Land warfare in the eastern theatre : 1971 Indo-Pak War / P.K. Chakravorty -- The Battle of Garibpur / Vijay Yeshvant Gidh -- Eagle unleashed : IAF strategy and operations / Diptendu Choudhury -- Sagat and helicopters : true pillars of victory / Rajesh Isser -- Operational aspects of the 1971 War in the maritime domain / Srikant B. Kesnur, M. Doraibabu and Ashish Kale -- The protection of sea lines of communication during the 1971 War / Somita Chakraborty -- Planning and impact of special operations during the 1971 Indo-Pak War / Vinod Bhatia -- The Mukti Bahini : three dimensional guerillas / Sandeep Unnithan -- Role of the United States in the 1971 War : implications for India-US relations / Saroj Bishoyi -- Shaping the world opinion : media, war reporting and radio broadcasting during the 1971 war of liberation / Smruti S. Pattanaik -- III. In retrospect -- Did Pakistan learn from its Bangladesh experience? / Ashok Behuria -- Mistakes on repeat mode : Pakistan's civil-military debacle / Karnika Jain -- 50 years after 1971 : state narratives, people and politics in the subcontinent / Shruti Pandalai.