| Edition |
First American edition. |
| Description |
xxv, 565 pages : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
'In Quiet Trade' -- 'The Strangest of all Empires' -- 'The Moaning of the Hurricane' -- 'The Mildest Form of Government is Despotism' -- 'If Fifty Men Cannot be Found ... ' -- 'The Gravity of the Blunder' -- 'No Bombs, No Boons' -- 'A Spontaneous Loyalty' -- 'An Indefensible System' -- 'God Bless Gandhi' -- 'A Himalayan Miscalculation' -- 'The Very Brink of Chaos and Anarchy' -- 'A Butchery of Our Souls' -- 'A Year's Grace and a Polite Ultimatum' -- 'A Mad Risk' -- 'Civil Martial Law' -- 'The Empty Fruits of Office' -- 'The Congress Asked for Bread and it has Got a Stone' -- 'A Landmark in the Future History of India' -- 'A Post-dated Cheque on a Bank that is Failing' -- 'Leave India to God -- or to Anarchy' -- 'The Two Great Mountains have Met -- and not even a Ridiculous Mouse has Emerged' -- 'Patriots not Traitors'. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [533]-539) and index. |
| Subject |
India -- History -- British occupation, 1765-1947.
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| Added Author |
Fisher, David, 1929-2018
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| ISBN |
0393045943 |
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