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The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide
Published by Alfred A. Knopf
“Gary Bass draws a brilliant portrait of the tragic birth of Bangladesh. He produces shocking revelations about the role of Richard Nixon and Henry Kissinger in backing Pakistan’s genocidal suppression of democracy in Bangladesh, even as American diplomats on the ground described the horrors around them. This is an epic tale told with verve and…
The Shortlist
The other shortlisted books for this year’s Lionel Gelber Prize were as follows:
Jurors
Daniel W. Drezner
Jury Chair (Massachusetts, USA)
Timothy Garton Ash
Oxford, England
Christya Freeland
Toronto, Canada
Matias Spektor
Sao Paulo, Brazil
William Thorsell
Canada
Press releases
Media coverage
The Globe and Mail, February 11, 2014
The Vancouver Sun, February 10, 2014
Foreign Policy, February 10, 2014
Toronto Star, February 10, 2014