POLI 322 Chapter Notes -Fide, Erectile Dysfunction, Government Simulation Game
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1971 = year of national + international crisis in sa: 2 historic elections. First national election on basis of universal franchise in pakistan (incumbent martial law regime transferring power to civilian authority) First crisis and war = outcome of efforts of pakistan"s military regime to arrange for the creation of a liberal constitutional order + withdraw from power. Concurrent majority of broader regional representation to assure governmental legitimacy in pakistan"s consociational polity. Khyber to karachi if west pakistani interests weren"t conceded. Both sides prepared for armed combat: al leaders (except sheikh mujibur rahman) taken prisoners + fled to india underground to establish government of bangladesh (gobd) in. Bangladesh war: third between india and pakistan during 1st quarter century of independence + was neither expected nor judged necessary but was not unanticipated or a surprise. India and pakistan both had long-standing contingency plans for war: crisis escalated in summer 1971 but plan was to pursue interests in a short war.