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Karnaphulir Kanna / Teardrops of Karnaphuli
Secondary
A documentary on the plight of indigenous people in the Chittagong Hill Tracts and the politics of displacement.
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Ershad's Coup and the Return of Military Rule
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A History of Bangladesh
Secondary
A synthetic history of Bangladesh from the long view through colonial encounters, East Pakistan, war, and independence.
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Bangladesh under Mujib, Zia, and Ershad
Secondary
A wider political history that includes the Ershad era and the democratic crisis leading to 1990.
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Bangladesh: From Mujib to Ershad
Secondary
A political study covering the road to the end of the Ershad regime and the transition out of military-backed rule.
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Fifty Years of Bangladesh
Secondary
A multidisciplinary volume on the first five decades of Bangladesh's economy, politics, society, and culture.
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Bangladesh since independence
Secondary
A concise overview of Bangladesh's immediate post-1971 political transition, including Mujib's return and the early constitutional order.
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History
Secondary
General Bangladesh history reference useful for political chronology around the Ershad takeover and the 1980s authoritarian period.
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Jatiya Party
Secondary
A reference on the party Ershad built to civilianize and legitimize the regime born from the 1982 coup.
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Military Rule
Secondary
A concise reference overview of military rule, the anti-Ershad movement, and the 1990 transfer of power.