it's strange how little consciousness of the 1971 genocide in Bangladesh there is in the West, given how awful it was. a combination of racism and Cold War alliances with Pakistan, I suppose, but you'd think that there would have been some breakthrough book of the "Rape of Nanking" scale by now
This got a lot of attention in the U.S. when released: en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blo.... The West is more conscious of Nanjing because it was well-publicized at the time by Henry Luce who was part of the China Lobby and wanted the U.S. to enter the war (see famous baby photo).
The Blood Telegram: Nixon, Kissinger, and a Forgotten Genocide - Wikipedia
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