In her book , '' Dead Reckoning : Memories of the 1971 Bangladesh War , '' Bose claims that atrocities were committed by both sides in a conflict that has been " dominated by the narrative of the victorious side " . While the book does not exonerate the West Pakistani forces , it claims that the army officers " turned out to be fine men doing their best to fight an unconventional war within the conventions of warfare " . The book was criticised by Naeem Mohaiemen in the BBC for an alleged bias in the selection of her sources . Bose has also been criticized for her analysis of the 1971 Bangladesh genocide in '' Economic & Political Weekly . '' She has responded to three of her most notable critics — Naeem Mohaiemen , Urvashi Butalia , and Srinath Raghavan — in the same publication
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