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The book critically examines several successive blunders
committed by Sheikh Mujibur Rahman after becoming the chief
helmsman of Bangladesh. Disregarding warnings of his wellwishers,
he appointed pro-Pakistani quislings to key positions
in his government and the military, who were later utilised by
Bhutto and the Pakistani establishment to exact revenge for the
dismemberment of their country and the humiliating surrender
in Dhaka.

Mujib also sidelined figures like Tajuddin Ahmed and other tested
comrades who had carried out his instruction to steer the liberation
war through difficult days. Despite his secular ideals, he founded
an Islamic foundation, which was hijacked by Islamists to promote
fundamentalist tenets.

But his most grievous blunder was to launch one party rule under
BAKSAL and in curbing free press, despite Tajuddin’s dire warning
that this would lead to conspiratorial politics and endanger him.
His desperation to secure Islamabad’s recognition to counter India’s
growing influence in Bangladesh, ultimately led to his downfall.