TY - BOOK AU - Bose,Sarmila TI - Dead reckoning: memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War SN - 9780231701648 (alk. paper) U1 - 954.92046 22 PY - 2011/// CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - Collective memory KW - Bangladesh KW - Interviews KW - War victims KW - War and society KW - History KW - 20th century KW - Revolution, 1971 KW - Personal narratives KW - Biography KW - Social aspects N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction: Memories in conflict -- Call to arms : Bengali nationalist rebellion -- Military inaction : power without responsibility -- Military action : "Operation Searchlight" in Dhaka -- Uncivil war : mobs, mutinies, and madness -- Village of widows : "securing" the countryside -- Hounding of Hindus : the politics of minority persecution -- Hit and run : sabotage and retribution -- Fratricide : death squads at war's end -- Words and numbers : memories and monstrous fables -- Appendix 1: Bibliographical note -- Appendix 2: List of interviewees ER -