Gandhi & Churchill
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| Rating | : | 4.87 (717 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B001JDPZ5C |
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| Number of Pages | : | 418 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-22 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Ghandi and Churchill, lessons not learned yet?" according to Mike Clayton. This is NOT a fast read, if you really think about the sweep of history as you have been taught in over-simplified stories of colonialism. The writer leads you in a journey that challenges your views on many fronts. As I read this focus on India, and extension to Burma, it reminded me of the modern Vietnam quotes recently th. "A great read!" according to sstj Shopper. A fascinating portrait of two men, who because they were facing in opposite directions, could not work together for the benefit of India and/or the U.K. Churchill lived long enough to see the results of his failed efforts to keep India tied to England. Gandhi did not live long enough to see the total destruction of his dream. Loved it! As an Indophile, I was naturally drawn to the book. I thought I knew a lot, but I learnt a lot more. I was fascinated by lives two flawed persons growing up worlds apart crossed. One, a war hero, driven by ambition at any cost while the other striving for independence for his people through peace.My take home: Ultimately, on
They shared an obsession with physical courage (albeit channeled in different ways) that tied conceptions of masculinity to larger ideas of racial identity and moral superiority—and India loomed large in their triumphal careers, ultimately frustrating both men's idealism. Churchill and Gandhi, both elites in their respective milieus, began their careers with remarkably similar perspectives and trod intersecting paths across India, South Africa and England. (May)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. . From Publishers Weekly Historian Herman (How the Scots Invented the Modern World) paints a forceful portrait of the emergence of the postcolonial era in the fateful contrast—and surp
The result is a sweeping epic of empire and insurrection, war and political intrigue, with a fascinating supporting cast, including General Kitchener, Rabindranath Tagore, Franklin Roosevelt, Lord Mountbatten, and Mohammed Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan. and struggles for freedom across the world.Now master storyteller Arthur Herman cuts through the legends and myths about these two powerful, charismatic figures and reveals their flaws as well as their strengths. Gandhi & Churchill reveals how both men were more alike than different, and yet became bitter enemies over the future of India, a land of 250 million people with 147 languages and dialects and 15 distinct religions—the jewel in the crown of Britain’s overseas empire for 200 years.Over the course of a long career, Churchill would do whatever was necessary to ensure that India remain British—including a fateful redrawing of the entire map of the Middle East and even risking his alliance with the United States during World War Two.Mohandas Gandhi, by contrast, would dedicate his life to India’s liberation, defy death and imprisonment, and create an entirely new kind of political movement: satyagraha, or civil disobedience. It is also a brilliant narrative parable of two men whose great successes were