Separatism in East Pakistan A Study of Failed Leadership [Hardcover]

Separatism in East Pakistan: A Study of Failed Leadership provides an academic perspective on the Bengali nationalist movement, the seeds of which were sown in the 1940s. Being an original work by the author, the book aims to record the growth of the Bengali nationalist movement and shortcomings of Pakistani leaders in accommodating it. This scholarly empirical appraisal is a vital addition to the available literature on post-Partition history of the events leading from 1947 up to the breaking up of Pakistan and the creation of Bangladesh in 1971.

List of Tables
Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
List of Abbreviations
Chapter 1: The Challenge Emerges
Chapter 2: Facets of the Challenge
Chapter 3: Separatism: Activities and Culmination
Chapter 4: Inevitability of Separation
Chapter 5: Failure of Institutions of State
Chapter 6: The Role of Foreign Powers
Chapter 7: Response to the Constitutional Challenge
Chapter 8: Resolution of Cultural and Economic Issues
Chapter 9: Early Leaders: Setting the Stage
Chapter 10: Subsequent Leaders Fail
Chapter 11: Alternative Leadership: The Drivers and The Side-lined
Conclusion
Select Bibliography
Index

Dr Rizwan Ullah Kokabis an Assistant Professor at the Government College University, Faisalabad. He is currently completing his post-doctoral research from the University of Edinburgh. Kokab has been a researcher at the Pakistan Study Centre, University of the Punjab. His research interests span modern South Asia, the early history of Pakistan, the various mass movements since its inception, foreign relations, and the development of Islam in the subcontinent. He has authored several papers on movements throughout history in South Asia.