Gandhi
Subtitle: the true man behind modern India
By: Jad Adams
Edition: 1st Pegasus Books cloth ed.
Publisher: Pegasus Books
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 323
ISBN-13: 9781605981710; 9781605983417
Subjects: Politics and government; Nationalists; History; Nationalism; Biography; Statesmen
Description: Gandhi has inspired civil rights and liberation movements the world over. Yet he was also a man of many contradictions. His resistance to racism strikes a thoroughly modern note, but his vision of India was that of an almost medieval society. Adams delineates Gandhi's incredible drive, including his relentless reinvention of his own persona.
Notes: Originally publlished as: Gandhi : naked ambition. London : Quercus, 2010.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-309) and index.
Table of contents: title: The partition of India, 1947; title: South Africa, 1893; title: Introduction: Naked ambition; title: Childhood and marriage; title: London lessons; title: Adventures in Natal; title: Challenge and chastity; title: The army of the poor; title: Village activist; title: Arousing India; title: The salt march; title: World icon; title: Quit India; title: Partition and death; title: Legacy.