<p/><br></br><p><b> Book Synopsis </b></p></br></br><p>President Ziaur Rahman holds a unique distinction to make the historic declaration of</p><p>the Independence of Bangladesh. He then led the glorious liberation war to victory in</p><p>1971, and then became the maker of modern Bangladesh in 1975-1981. He succeeded</p><p>where Sheikh Mujibur Rahman failed, both as a political leader and as an administrator.</p><p>In view of his crucial role at the time of the creation of Bangladesh and thereafter, </p><p>President Zia was perhaps the most phenomenally popular figure of his country. His short</p><p>life of forty-five years was like an intense flare of incandescent light. Even after fortytwo</p><p>years since his assassination by some deviant army officers, with Indian instigation</p><p>and insinuation, Zia remains irreplaceable; his void unfillable. His character, nobility</p><p>and dignity could perhaps be matched only by his wife, the great and glorious Begum</p><p>Khaleda Zia, who would later be a three-time Prime Minister.</p><p>Both being the most famed and famous, both are/were almost equally legendary not</p><p>only in their amazing and enormous popularity but also in their achievements and</p><p>their sacrifice for the cause of the nation. Beside the devilish and dastardly actions of</p><p>torture and terror by Sheikh Hasina and her corrupt-to-the-core fascist regime, Zia's and</p><p>Begum Zia's accomplishments, together with their sufferings, stand out as bright as the</p><p>solar shine of the day. In contrast with Hasina's politics of destruction, oppression and</p><p>repression, Zia's and Begum Zia's patriotic deeds and ideals continue to remain in the</p><p>limelight as William Blake's tiger "burning bright/In the forests of the night."</p><p>President Zia saved Bangladesh at least twice. He rescued the nation by making the</p><p>clarion call for the independence of Bangladesh on 26 March 1971, when the political</p><p>leadership failed to respond to the trust the people reposed on them. The declaration</p><p>was followed by Zia's role as an effective organizer of war and a liberation war hero.</p><p>The second time was in early November 1975, when the nation plunged into chaos and</p><p>confusion by the India-instigated conspiracy crushed by the army-people uprising. A</p><p>group of patriotic soldiers rescued General Zia from custody and restored his authority.</p><p>He rose to the occasion to save the nation during this crisis time.</p><p>Zia's stewardship and statesmanship grew through the years of his rule and professional</p><p>career. He was a successful sector commander, deputy chief of the army, chief of the</p><p>army, and, finally, the most successful president with a track record of unprecedented</p><p>contributions. He was a "large, sweet soul" and "the sweetest, wisest soul of all [our]</p><p>days and lands," as President Abraham Lincoln was to American poet Walt Whitman.</p><p>Like Lincoln, who was also assassinated at the age of 56, following a civil war, Zia also</p><p>was, "The great star early droop'd. O powerful western fallen star!"</p><p>This book is a great collection of writings about a great President by a number of notable</p><p>authors and scholars, who place President Zia highly in the annals of the country's</p><p>formation and political development. It is an effort to contribute to the nationalist</p><p>narrative with accuracy and objectivity. Highly readable and worth reading, the volume</p><p>is a landmark publication in the political history of Bangladesh that all concerned will</p><p>find interesting and informative.</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
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