A tale of two revolts
Subtitle: India's mutiny and the American civil war
By: Rajmohan Gandhi
Publisher: Haus
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 402
ISBN-13: 9781906598853
Subjects: History
Other titles: India's mutiny and the American civil war
Description: Two wars, seemingly fought for very different reasons, occurred at opposite ends of the globe in the middle of the nineteenth century. But they were both fought in a world still dominate by Great Britain, and the battle cry in both conflicts was freedom. Gandhi raises new questions about these wars that changed the world.
Notes: Originally published by Penguin Books, 2009.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Britannia rules the waves: India, England and America, 1850-57; title: Galloping fury: India, 1857; title: 'Half-devil and half-child': England, American and India, 1857-59; title: Lincoln's rise to power: America, 1857-61; title: America sheds its blood: The Civil War, 1861-65; title: Connections: The two revolts: and India, 1860 to 1900.