Nehru: a Political Life.(Book Review) From: Journal of Contemporary Asia | Date: October 1, 2004| Author: MacFarlane, Bruce | COPYRIGHT 2004 Journal of Contemporary Asia Publishers. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

NEHRU: A POLITICAL LIFE by Judith M. Brown (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2003)

India is an important country because of its huge population, its increasing growth rate and the fact that it is nobody's puppet in international affairs. A rousing biography has been written by Judith Brown about Nehru of India, a major figure in recent Asian history, a book that underlines the significance of India's emergence in the modern world scene.

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