Bangladesh: The Unfinished Revolution by Lawrence Lifschultz

Bangladesh: The Unfinished Revolution Reviews

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  S M Shahrukh

  An informative book. However, one must consider that it was written in 1979, a lot more of the history of the first decade after 1971 has been known since. The author is very biased towards Col Taher and fails to mention any flaws in his agenda for Bangladesh just as he is too judgmental on Sheikh Mujib, painting him as an out and out failure, disregarding the fact that he had a mountainous job of rebuilding a war-ravaged country and a faltering economy with worldwide spikes in the prices of oil and other commodities. Lifschultz was a staunch supporter of the left, almost a blind supporter and hence never mentioned the plain and simple dacoities that the Sharbohara Party of Siraj Sikder perpetrated. However, he was spot on in pointing out the coterie whose rampant corruption caused immense hardships to the masses. The treacherous nature of Ziaur Rahman is also well portrayed.
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  Zack

  A difficult read but a fascinating look into the politics behind the birth of a nation. This book was once banned by the Bangladesh government.
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  Emtiaj

  মূল বইয়ে (
  Bangladesh, The Unfinished Revolution) কিছু ছোটখাটো ভূল আছে যেগুলোর কিছু কিছু অনুবাদক নিজ দায়িত্বে ঠিক করে দিয়েছেন। আমি গভীরভাবে ইতিহাস জানি না কিন্তু যেটুকু জানি বলে আমার ধারণা তাতে আমার মনে হচ্ছে বইয়ে আরো কিছু ভূল তথ্য আছে।
  
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  Md Shariful Islam

  'ফেরেশতা' তাহের, 'মীরজাফর' জিয়া আর 'স্বৈরশাসক' মুজিবের আখ্যান! বড্ড বেশি ব��য়াসড মনে হয়েছে!
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  Mirza Imran

  The most cruel betrayal of the history of Bangladesh which took place in 1975 when Mujib's fellow commanders killed him and his family brutally. Sheikh Mujib is the founding father of Bangladesh who wanted to reconstruct the country after a devastating nine month war it survived. By doing this he faced several obligations by the fellow leaders and his own countrymen. But it was beyond anyone's dream that the day of 15 August would come in the history of Bangladesh.
  
  Mr. Lifschultz was pretty close to our liberation war as he has monitored the incidents both of the 1971 and afterwards and he tried to find out the real truth behind the events. As a journalist he interviewed several people, most of them are govt. officials. He tried to find out the American connection and role behind this murder. As America wasn't our friendly allies in the liberation war and also recognized lately in the UN, he tried to follow their intentions most. Though it was already proved that the murder was a pure conspiracy of some corrupt officers of Bangladesh army under the influence of the former foreign minister Mushtaque.
  
  Just because of the power greed of some people this coup has been happened. He also explained the role of Cornel Taher and his bravery which was an important event of the history who later murdered by the same govt. they formed after Mujib's death. It was inevitable that Mujib's death has decrease the country's growth which the people will never forget. The country has almost backdated 16 years when there was military govt. was formed. And obviously military ruler couldn't find a way either to reconstruct what Mujib had dreamt long ago. The country has suffered in the long run because of that coup and later the others.
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  Nasim Bin Jasim

  তাহেরের মৃত্যু দন্ডের জন্য জিয়াউর রহমান দায়ী তা বোঝা গেল এই বই থেকে। এছাড়াও তৎকালীন রাজনৈতিক সামাজিক অর্থনৈতিক পরিস্থিতি নিয়ে এই বইতে বিস্তর আলোচনা করেছেন লেখক। তৎকালীন দুর্ভিক্ষ নিয়ে জাতীয় সমাজতান্ত্রিক দল ভুখা মিছিল বের করলে রক্ষী বাহিনী যে যেগুলি বর্ষণ করে তার কারণে প্রায় ৪০ জন লোক মারা যায় এ থেকে বোঝা যায় যে তৎকালীন শাসক শেখ মুজিব এর একনায়কতন্ত্র স্থাপনের জন্য রক্ষী বাহিনী ব্যবহার করা শুরু করেছিলেন। স্বাধীনতার দুই বছরের মধ্যে শেখ মুজিবের প্রতি জনগণের সমর্থন প্রায় শূন্যের কথাই নেমে এসেছিল বিভিন্ন কারণে।
  
  সেনাবাহিনীর মধ্যে রাজনীতি ঢুকানোর কাজ কর্নেল তাহের শুরু করেছিলেন তার বিচার একসময় না একসময় হতোই । কিন্তু তার একসময়ের সহযোদ্ধা জিয়াউর রহমান এই বিচার করবেন তার চিন্তা কর্নেল তাহের হয়তো চিন্তা করেননি।
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  Animesh Mitra

  Good but biased. The author is a blind supporter of Marxism-Leninism and Col Abu Taher. He hates capitalism from the bottom of his heart. He thinks all the Marxist are angels and all the capitalist are demons. Like Abu Taher the writer believes in the Utopian and unrealistic concept of a rank-less army without any hierarchy. The book read like a political leaflet of JSD (National Socialist Party) against Ziaur Rahman who believed in capitalism and free market economy.
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  Tamim Mostafa

  More of a research article than a book. Partial information given. The writer is biased towards socialism. However, when the book was published, it was forbidden to talk about Taher's death penalty and the illegitimate tribunal. It's a sad account (partial) of post independence struggle of Bangladesh.
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  Munawar Mobin

  a rather arguably unbiased look into the events of 71 till 75 in bangladesh's birth and history. Severely heavy, took me a while to finish but definitely worth every penny and all the time required.
  
  I recommend this highly
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  Suraiya Begum

  সেনাবাহিনীতে চাকুরী করে কিভাবে বিপ্লবের বুলি আওড়ায়, সপথ নামায় কি বিপ্লব সাপোর্ট করে?