NEHRU A Political Biography

• Softcover book by Michael Brecher
• Abridged Edition
• Abridged edition first published in 1961 by Oxford University Press, Ltd., London
• First published as a Beacon Paperback in 1962
• Copyright 1959 by Oxford University Press, Ltd., London

" Reviews from the first edition ...

" Undoubtedly the most objective and comprehensive political history of India from 1920 to 1948 at present available. It is a book for the reader who is aware of India's critical position in world affairs and demands a thorough, factual account of that country's growth from a restless dependency to a major independent state. Dr. Brecher deserves our gratitude for his immense job of research and his objective and skillful handling of many controversial subjects. His book will certainly stand for many years as the definitive historical account of Nehru's political career." - Yale Review

" A monumental biography- well written, carefully documented, giving as complete a picture of India's leader as anyone could hope for at this time. Whatever the future may bring, Dr. Brecher's study will always be valuable, because of the immediacy of the impact derived from personal interviews and from the recollections of living individuals. Dr. Brecher's study has the advantage of having been written eleven years after the coming of independence, and although he allows Nehru ample opportunity to speak for himself, he maintains the objectivity of a sympathetic but emotionally uninvolved biographer." - Christian Science Monitor

" It is certainly the best life of Nehru that has been published, and it is perhaps the most readable and comprehensive single volume on modern India. " - Political Science Quarterly "

Contents include:

• " Preface
• I. PORTRAIT OF THE MAN
• II. THE YOUNG BRAHMIN
• III. 'AND THEN CAME GANDHI'
• IV. NEHRU COMES OF AGE
• V. PRISON BECOMES A HABIT
• VI. DAYS OF FERMENT
• VII. THE WAR AND INNER TORMENT
• VIII. INDIA AT THE CROSSROADS
• IX. 1947: TRIUMPH AND ANGUISH
• X. THE DUUMVIRATE
• XI. DEMOCARCY AT WORK
• XII. PLANNING AND WELFARE
• XIII. INDIA AND THE WORLD
• XIV. PORTRAIT OF A LEADER
• INDEX
• MAPS
  India, 1947: before Partition
  India, 1961: showing States reorganization "

It is in pretty good condition but the cover is yellowed and has some dirt smudges.
The first page has the top edge torn out, but does not affect the readability.
The side edges of the pages are a little dirty, mostly visible from the side view.
There is a mark on the inside back cover where a price tag was removed.
No other markings or writing.

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