Prologue and overview -- Pakistani politics: Image and legacy -- Indo-Pakistani relations: Image and legacy -- A culture of distrust -- Crisis bargaining -- Constitutional consensus and Civil War -- The Indian response -- Pakistan, 25 March-October 1971 -- India and the prelude to war, June-October 1971 -- War: India -- War: Pakistan -- Soviet, Chinese, and American policies in the 1971 crisis.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 327-331).