Richard Sisson is Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Leo Rose is Adjunct Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.

• Preface List of Abbreviations 1. Prologue and Overview 2. Pakistani Politics: Image and Legacy Regionalism, Political Fragmentation, and Distrust Populism and the Demise of the Ayub Regime Designing the Transfer of Power The Two Election Campaigns, 1970 3· Indo-Pakistani Relations: Image and Legacy Indo-Pakistani Relations, 1947-1970 A Legacy of Misperception The International Dimension Strategies of Coping and Exploiting 4· A Culture of Distrust Testing and Preparation for Negotiation Political Fears and Strategies of Polarization Preparation for Military Action 5· Crisis Bargaining Reaction and Redeployment The Government's Concession Stratagems in the West A New Context 6. Constitutional Consensus and Civil War Preliminary Talks between Yahya Khan and Sheikh Mujib Toward a Constitutional Settlement The Ascendancy of the Army 7· The Indian Response The Foreign Policy Decision-Making Process in India, 1971 From Concern to Crisis 8. Pakistan, 25 March-October 1971 The "Military Solution According to Plan" After the Crisis Toward a Political Settlement Elections as a Measure of Support 9· India and the Prelude to War, June-October 1971 The Refugee Issue and Domestic Politics India and the Bangladesh Government in Exile Mobilizing International Support Differences with the United States The Soviet Role from New Delhi's Perspective India and the Other "Concerned" Powers 10. War: India Military Tactics The Campaign International Reaction 11. War: Pakistan Obsession with India A Strategy of Constraint The War That Wouldn't Happen The Decision on War The Decision to Surrender The Transfer of Power 12. Soviet, Chinese, and American Policies in the 1971 Crisis The Soviet Union China The United States 13· Interpretations Negotiation and Civil War International Conflict, War, and SecessionNotes Participants Interviewed Select Bibliography Index