Nehru

by Judith M. Brown

Overview

Judith Brown explores Nehru as a figure of power and provides an assessment of his leadership at the head of a newly independent India with no tradition of democratic politics.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138163744
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	04/20/2017
Series:	Profiles In Power
Pages:	224
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 A Vocation to Politics; Chapter 2 Apprentice to Power: Gandhi’s Heir, 1923–c. 1945; Chapter 3 The Transfer of Power: ‘Tryst with Destiny’; Chapter 4 The Visionary as Prime Minister; Chapter 5 The Limits of Power; Conclusion;

Editorial Reviews

Reprint of a 1999 study in which Brown (Commonwealth history, U. of Oxford) explores Nehru as a figure of power and how he achieved his dominant role in the fractured world of Indian politics. She discusses his motivation<-->what was it in his background, temperament, and experiences that made this reserved and scholarly man seek the power he eventually wielded; how he, as a politician of opposition, retrained for governance; his skills and resources as a political animal, and what the constraints upon him were; how he organized and led this new and unwieldly nation with no tradition of democratic government to build on; and what his long-term ambitions for India were, and how close he came to achieving them. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Booknews

'Elegantly written...a delight to read'English Historical Review

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