Jawaharlal Nehru Civilizing a Savage World

Drawing upon his correspondence with Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit and Sahgal, his niece, the book combines history with personal recollections to show how Nehru helped steer India's cousre from a colony to an influential, modern nation. Discussing the issue of foreign policy, Sahgal reveals much about Nehru's political astuteness, realism and aversion to rigid economic doctrines, as well as the found impact India's non-alignment principle had on the world. Perceptive and stimulating, Jawaharlal Nehru draws much-needed attention back to the man and his far-sighted vision. --