Gandhi's Battlefield Choice: The Mahatma, the Bhagavad Gita, and World War II

ISBN-13: 9781032652818 / Angielski

Francis G. Hutchins

Opis

This volume compares Gandhi’s non-violent leadership during World War II to the military leadership of Arjuna in the war that prompted the Bhagavad Gita dialogue, the Sanskrit text that guided Gandhi’s actions throughout his life. Remaining true to text, Gandhi became a wartime battlefield commander leading millions in the Quit India conflict that

Spis treści

1. Proclaiming a Non-Terrorist Manifesto 2. War in the Mahabharata and World War II 3. Freedom Now 4. Reconciling 5. Operation Ebb Tide 6. A Truthful Future

O autorze

Francis G. Hutchins is the author of books including The Illusion of Permanence: British Imperialism in India and Democratizing Monarch: A Memoir of Nepal’s King Birendra. He has also translated the Sanskrit Hitopadesha, published as Animal Fables of India with drawings by A. Ramachandran, and portions of the Sanskrit Harivamsa, published as Young Krishna, illustrated by reproductions of Indian miniature paintings.