商品簡介
A career military officer and student of Indian politics, Hinduism, and Gandhi, Singh tries to make some sense of the widely divergent images of the Indian leader by various interests appropriating him for their cause. He looks at his role in the 1906 war against blacks in South Africa, the roots of his concept of nonviolent resistance, his racist practices before and during the Boer War, his activity in Indian during World War I, and his becoming anti-British. Annotation c2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
作者簡介
Colonel G. B. Singh, a career military officer, is a professional student of Indian politics, Hinduism, and the life and teachings of Gandhi.