The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide

The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide
ISBN-10
0307744620
ISBN-13
9780307744623
Category
History
Pages
499
Language
English
Published
2014-07-15
Publisher
Vintage Books
Author
Gary J. Bass

Description

A full-length account of the involvement of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in Pakistan's brutal 1970s military dictatorship argues that they are responsible for military strategies that have negatively impacted geopolitics for decades.

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