The idea of nonviolent resistance is still as essential and almost as radical today as it was when Mahatma Gandhi (1869 1948) first pioneered in India the protest of political tyranny in his case against British colonialism through massive displays of civil disobedience. Gandhi s ideas of peaceful protest went on to inspire the marches and sit-ins of the American Civil Rights movement and continue to be the foundations for political and social demonstrations around the world.This biography by leading scholar Douglas Allen presents a new and challenging approach to understanding Gandhi s...