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The Peacemakers : India and the Quest for One World

By Bhagavan Manu

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About the book

The Peacemakers: India and the Quest for One World is the gripping story of India’s effort to create a common destiny for all people across the globe based on the concept of human rights. In the years leading up to its independence from Great Britain, and more than a decade after, in a world torn asunder by unchecked colonial expansions and two world wars, Jawaharlal Nehru had a radical vision: bridging the ideological differences of the East and the West, healing the growing rift between capitalist and communist, and creating ‘One World’ that would be free of empire, exploitation and war. Madame Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit, Nehru’s sister, would lead the fight in and through the United Nations to turn all this into a reality. An electric orator and outstanding diplomat, she travelled across continents speaking in the voice of the oppressed and garnering support for her cause. Based on seven years of research, across three continents, and written in a crisp and riveting style, this is the first truly international history of newly independent India.

Pages: 256

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Language: English

Bhagavan Manu

Manu Bhagavan is a historian and has also authored or (co-) edited five books. He teaches at Hunter College and the Graduate Center, The City University of New York, where he is professor of History and Chair of the Human Rights Program at the Roosevelt House Public Policy Institute. Manu has been a fellow of the American Council of Learned Societies and president of the Society for Advancing the History of South Asia. He has appeared on CNBC, National Public Radio (NPR), CNN-IBN, BBC World Radio, Press TV, World Citizen Radio, INI9, HuffPost Live and Al Jazeera English. Manu lives in New York.

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