- Gebundene Ausgabe: 592 Seiten
- Verlag: Houghton Mifflin (7. Januar 2002)
- Sprache: Englisch
- ISBN-10: 039573097X
- ISBN-13: 978-0395730973
- Größe und/oder Gewicht: 23,4 x 16,1 x 4,9 cm
- Amazon Bestseller-Rang: Nr. 2.105.478 in Englische Bücher (Siehe Top 100 in Englische Bücher)
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The veteran author of critically praised books about Emily Brontë and Lucie Duff Gordon has written an exemplary popular biography of the powerful, controversial prime minister who indelibly shaped the world's largest democracy. Katherine Frank's solidly researched narrative is particularly good on the early years of Indira Gandhi (1917-84), cogently delineating her complex relationship with her father, nationalist hero Jawaharlal Nehru, which was intimate when they were pouring out their feelings in letters, but strained when they were actually together. We see an intelligent, strong-minded woman coming of age in a turbulent time marked by her relatives' frequent stays in prison as India struggled for freedom from Great Britain. After independence, when Nehru became prime minister, Gandhi was politically active but for many years resisted seeking power in her own right. Following the deaths of her husband (Feroze Gandhi, no relation to the Mahatma) in 1960 and Nehru in 1964, she moved into the top spot, aided by the Congress Party bosses' mistaken impression that she would be a figurehead they could manipulate. On the contrary, Frank shows Prime Minister Gandhi prompted by her deep fear of disorder toward increasingly authoritarian acts, most notoriously the state of emergency declared in 1975, when she authorized the arrest of many opposition leaders. Frank depicts Gandhi as having more faith in her personal bond with the Indian people than in the messy workings of democracy. But the religious and political divisions inflamed by her policies came home to roost in 1984, when she was assassinated by her own bodyguard, a Sikh enraged by the massacre of militant Sikhs in the Golden Temple. This sympathetic but unsparing portrait makes it clear that Gandhi was a flawed leader but evinces compassion for a woman striving with a difficult personal and political legacy. --Wendy Smith
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Frank, a meticulous biographer dedicated to chronicling the lives of uniquely fascinating women, including A Passage to Egypt: The Life of Lucie Duff Gordon (1994), provides a complex portrait of one of the most politically and socially powerful women in the twentieth century. From an early age, Indira Nehru Gandhi, the Oxford-educated daughter of Jawaharal Nehru, nationalist leader, and the first prime minister of an independent India, seemed destined for international prominence. Her always-controversial political career culminated in two tenures as prime minister, ending tragically with her assassination at the hands of disgruntled Sikh separatists. Frank skillfully probes beneath the surface of the familiar Gandhi cliches, analyzing the emotions, motivations, and attitudes of a private woman on a very public stage. Both scholars and general readers will relish this robust, full-bodied representation of one of the seminal figures in the history of contemporary India. Margaret Flanagan
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8 von 8 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
An excellent book
8. Februar 2002
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This is an exceptional and insightful historical biography. The origin's of Indira's fragile psyche are documented and explain her erratic and unpredictable tenure as India's leader. Yet figures as disparate as Margaret Thatcher and Khuswant Singh were admirers of Indira, revealing the power of her persona and charisma. If I were to recommend one book for a Western audience on post-colonial India, this book would be it.
7 von 7 Kunden fanden die folgende Rezension hilfreich
A must reading!!
23. Januar 2002
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A fantastic piece of journalism!! A very well written account of one of India's greatest leaders. I have not lived long enough to testify to the truth of everything that is written (my parents could!!) but from what I know of Indian history, and from what I have seen around me, a very accurate potrayal of perhaps India's most charismatic prime minister. The book really charts her rise, fall and re-emergence on the political scene, delves into the feelings behind her every action. I had always wanted more about Indira Gandhi than what was available in the papers and magazines and this book tells me all that I wanted to know. Perhaps the only place where it is lacking is that Ms.Frank deals with the last 2 yrs of her life in very few pages. Perhaps more detail was warranted there, but her early life, her relationships with her husband, Feroze Gandhi, and her father, Nehru, are vividly potrayed and it is these parts, and the story of her rise to power, which makes this book a masterpiece. In my opinion, every Indian, and anyone who is interested in Indian history, should read this book. Better still, buy it!!
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A wonderful biography
24. Januar 2002
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I have read only a few sections so far and I am mesmerized. I feel as if I am back in Indira's time and place.
The research and the annotations make it a very authoritative biography. It contains a must-read account of the ups and downs of her relationship with her husband Feroze (not available anywhere else) and with her father and mother.
Indira emerges as a very lonely, tragic figure.
I feel energized as I read the progressive views of Nehru. The passages where he describes his expectations for Indira - to work in public life yet also be financially independent are empowering. The great thinkers of that day were more forward-thinking and openminded than most people are even today!
This biograhy is long overdue and is comparable in stature to that of John Adams by David McCullough.
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