| Management number | 240840443 | Release Date | 2026/07/16 | List Price | US$14.00 | Model Number | 240840443 | ||
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<p><em>The Hijack of Mercy</em> is a powerful work of creative nonfiction that examines one of the most unsettling moral questions of modern history: what happens when law remains intact, but humanity fails?</p><p>Set against the backdrop of the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War one of the twentieth century's gravest humanitarian catastrophes the book follows the life of Jean Ujin Paulquey, a young Frenchman whose conscience leads him to an extraordinary, nonviolent act of intervention. As millions suffer and governments hesitate, Jean chooses consequence over comfort, forcing the world to confront the uneasy boundary between legality and moral responsibility.</p><p>Blending historical record, ethical inquiry, and narrative storytelling, Dr. Mohsin Ali reconstructs the personal, political, and philosophical dimensions of an event that saved lives while igniting global debate. Through layered perspectives passengers, refugees, officials, scholars, and witnesses the book resists simple judgments and instead invites readers into the complexity of moral courage.</p><p>Neither a justification of illegality nor a celebration of spectacle, <em>The Hijack of Mercy</em> is a meditation on conscience, restraint, and responsibility in the face of institutional failure. It challenges readers to ask a timeless question: when waiting becomes a form of violence, who bears the duty to act?</p><p>This book will resonate deeply with readers of narrative nonfiction, ethics, humanitarian studies, history, and anyone concerned with justice, moral courage, and the human cost of indifference.</p>
| Book format | Hardcover |
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| Fiction/nonfiction | Non-Fiction |
| Genre | Biography & Memoirs |
| Publication date | January, 2026 |
| Pages | 214 |
| Subgenre | General |
| Series title | No Series |
| Number in series | 0 |
| Edition | 1 |
| Publisher | Amazon Direct Publishing |
| Original languages | English |
| Language | English |
| Is collectible | N |
| Character | Jean Ujin Paulquey |
| Binding type | Case Binding |
| Retail packaging | Single Piece |
| Assembled product dimensions (l x w x h) | 8.50 x 0.50 x 11.00 in |
| Assembled product weight | 1.73 lb |
| Bisac subject heading | Biography & Autobiography |
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