Understanding Bangladesh

S. Mahmud Ali

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October, 2010
Cloth, 288 pages,
ISBN: 978-0-231-70143-3
$29.50

"This richly detailed book traces the evolution of Bangladesh as an independent state since 1971. Drawing on a wealth of primary and secondary sources in English and Bengali, as well as insights based on the author's personal experience, it covers in chronological detail key developments vital to any understanding of the country's politics, economic policies, and external relations. The book also addresses historical factors that have shaped groups and ideas in Bangladesh which, notwithstanding their place at the margins of power, have come to define the country's political landscape. Nor does it ignore emerging environmental and demographic pressures, which S. Mahmud Ali suggests will represent new challenges that could again alter Bangladesh's landscape. Together they help deliver a narrative that is meticulously researched, soberly argued, and set to emerge as one of the most authoritative and complete accounts of a still poorly understood country." — Farzana Shaikh, Chatham House, author of Making Sense of Pakistan

Related Subjects

• South Asian Studies

About the Author

S. Mahmud Ali was a researcher at the Royal United Services Institute for Defence Studies and at King's College, University of London, and has spent more than twenty years as a journalist at the BBC World Service. He is the author of several books on regional and global security issues.

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