Originally posted by Gabru47
Originally posted by GABRU47
Originally posted by Gabru47
Originally posted by Gabru47
Originally posted by Gabru47
Originally posted by Gabru47
Here are the conclusions
Patterns of Violence: Some Preliminary Findings
1.. Multiple parties in the conflict, each both perpetrator and
victim of violence
2.. Hatred fanned by attribution of "treason" to the 'other' by both
sides
3.. Brutality and humanity evenly distributed among warring parties
4.. Contradictory evidence on targeting of Hindus
5.. Ethnicization of 'enemy' and 'ally'
6.. Pakistan army's actions marked by a pattern of targeting of adult
males while sparing women and children
7.. Mob violence involved indiscriminate killing of men, women and
children, accompanied by sexual attacks on women
8.. No rape of women by Pakistan army found in any of the cases of
conflict
Some remarks of hers include
The analysis of the conflict of 1971 through in-depth study of
ground-level incidents underlines the importance of a careful,
evidence-based approach to this subject. As the biggest losers of 1971,
West Pakistan and the Pakistan army in particular have remained defensive,
in a state of denial, or silent about the events of that year.
Bangladeshis are understandably more voluble about the birth of their
country, but have done less well at systematic historical record-keeping,
and a vast proportion of literature put out on 1971 is marred by
unsubstantiated sensationalism.
There is also the cultivation of an unhealthy 'victim culture' by some
of the pro-liberationists - hence the people of Chuknagar complain at
being left out of the official history books and vie to establish their
village as the site of the "biggest mass killing" in the country, and
people are instigated at the national level to engage in a ghoulish
competition with six million Jews in order to gain international
attention. All of these tendencies hamper the systematic study of the
conflict of 1971 and hinder a true understanding of a cataclysmic
restructuring in modern South Asian history.
1.. Multiple parties in the conflict, each both perpetrator and
victim of violence
2.. Hatred fanned by attribution of "treason" to the 'other' by both
sides
3.. Brutality and humanity evenly distributed among warring parties
4.. Contradictory evidence on targeting of Hindus
5.. Ethnicization of 'enemy' and 'ally'
6.. Pakistan army's actions marked by a pattern of targeting of adult
males while sparing women and children
7.. Mob violence involved indiscriminate killing of men, women and
children, accompanied by sexual attacks on women
8.. No rape of women by Pakistan army found in any of the cases of
conflict
Some remarks of hers include
The analysis of the conflict of 1971 through in-depth study of
ground-level incidents underlines the importance of a careful,
evidence-based approach to this subject. As the biggest losers of 1971,
West Pakistan and the Pakistan army in particular have remained defensive,
in a state of denial, or silent about the events of that year.
Bangladeshis are understandably more voluble about the birth of their
country, but have done less well at systematic historical record-keeping,
and a vast proportion of literature put out on 1971 is marred by
unsubstantiated sensationalism.
There is also the cultivation of an unhealthy 'victim culture' by some
of the pro-liberationists - hence the people of Chuknagar complain at
being left out of the official history books and vie to establish their
village as the site of the "biggest mass killing" in the country, and
people are instigated at the national level to engage in a ghoulish
competition with six million Jews in order to gain international
attention. All of these tendencies hamper the systematic study of the
conflict of 1971 and hinder a true understanding of a cataclysmic
restructuring in modern South Asian history.
Comment