Nehru: A Political Life

by Judith M. Brown

Book Overview

The first prime minister of India after independence from British rule, Jawaharlal Nehru (1889-1964) was a major architect of India as a nation state. His dedication to politics led to imprisonment... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300092792
• ISBN13: 9780300092790
• Release Date: November 2003
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 440 Pages
• Weight: 0.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.4" x 9.4"

Customer Reviews

light on history, heavy on psychology

It's not a bad book, but it's very repetitive and not terribly insightful. It reduces Nehru's coming to power to his connection to Gandhi, underexplains Nehru's relationship to a series of domestic crises in India, and really doesn't explain many of the dynamics of independence and its aftermath. It's a quick, easy read, though.