Gandhi

The True Man Behind Modern India

By: Associate Research Fellow Jad Adams

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Paperback | 1 May 2012

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344 Pages

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Jad Adams traces the course of Gandhi's multi-faceted life and the development of his religious, political, and social thinking over seven tumultuous decades: from his comfortable upbringing in a princely state in Gujarat; his early civil rights campaigns; his leadership through civil disobedience in the 1920s and 1930s that made him a world icon; and finally to his assassination by a Hindu extremist in 1948, only months after the birth of an independent India.

An elegant and masterly account of one of the seminal figures of twentieth-century history, Adams presents for the first time the true story behind the man whose life may truly be said to have changed the world.

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There have been enough hagiographies of this great figure, and after his death there was a concerted effort to erase some embarrassing truths from the Gandhi legend. This is a vividly human book. Adams focuses not on the idealized apostle of peace, but Gandhi the man. Adding fresh insight to a life so well documented is no mean feat, but Adams's biography of Gandhi eschews hagiography and offers critical insights about the revered political and spiritual leader. For anyone trying to find a way through the myriad political byways of modern India and Pakistan, Adams's biography is the perfect starting point.

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