This memoir comprises a day-to-day chronicle of how Pakistan lost the 1971 war with India. In it, the author, who was present in the discussions Zulfikar Ali Bhutto held with nine Muslim leaders/heads of states, recounts the causes for the breakup of Pakistan as provided by Z.A. Bhutto in these discussions. The book contains valuable revelations and original information and provides an insight into what Zulfikar Ali Bhutto was thinking and how he handled the diplomatic angle after the East Pakistan debacle. The author provides an account of the diplomatic backdrop of the Indo-Pakistan war of 1971.