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Gandhi and Churchill: The Rivalry That Destroyed an Empire and Forged Our Age (Hardcover)

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  • Hardcover: 736 pages
  • Publisher: Hutchinson (2 Oct 2008)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 0091797160
  • ISBN-13: 978-0091797164
  • Product Dimensions: 23.6 x 14.6 x 5 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 50,949 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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'You finish Gandhi & Churchill knowing that you can evaluate the world today, particularly modern India, with more knowledge and insight' --USA Today

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'Exquisitely detailed ... replete with stories underscoring the gulf between Churchill's robust realism and Gandhi's ascetic utopianism'

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5.0 out of 5 stars a work of reference, 1 Oct 2008
By Gilbert Michaud (canada) - See all my reviews
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a great book on the two leaders who never understood each other. balanced fair and beautifully written
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4.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant - and a good read, 13 Mar 2009
By Dr. R. G. Henderson "richardhenderson4" (North Yorkshire & Donegal) - See all my reviews
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This is not a quick read, but is compelling - and especially near the end "unputdownable".

These two men are fascinating and in some ways polar opposites. Gandhi: other-worldly, spiritual, ascetic and the pioneer of India's struggle for independence. Churchill: ambitious, fond of the good things in life, defender of Empire and inspiring war leader.
But these pictures of the two men are gross over-simplifications. Gandhi was difficult - many even of his Congress colleagues found him impossible. Indeed Gandhi was probably personally responsible for the failure of the penultimate Viceroy Wavell's plan to create a unified independent India which everyone else (including Jinnah) had agreed to. Churchill had a soft side, and was easily moved to tears and frequently depressed.

Both men were late Victorians, and both (in their different contexts) had the prejudices of the era. Both died in a sense broken men, as the India and the world which emerged were very different from the ones they had hoped and lived for. The book's final sentence sums it up:
"Their story is the great untold parable of the twentieth century"

So - a great book. I would have awarded 5 stars, but a few sloppy errors (some of which should have been picked up by the sub editors) make it 4. I know the author is American and the book was probably aimed primarily at an American audience, but it grates to see references to eg "Prime Minister of England". Also on p 252 he refers to Churchill's role in creating the Black and Tans in Ireland to "reinforce the Royal Ulster Constabulary" when he means the Royal Irish Constabulary. But these are minor quibbles. Get it and enjoy it.
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