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作者： Alex Von Tunzelmann著

出 版 社： 中国科学技术大学出版社

出版时间： 2008-4-1字数：版次： 1页数： 473印刷时间： 2008/04/01开本： 32开印次： 1纸张： 胶版纸I S B N ： 9780312428112包装： 平装内容简介

Starred Review. The transfer of power from the British Empire to the new nations of India and Pakistan in the summer of 1947 was one of history's great, and tragic, epics: 400 million people won independence, and perhaps as many as one million died in sectarian violence among Hindus, Muslims and Sikhs. In her scintillating debut, British author von Tunzelmann keeps one eye on the big picture, but foregrounds the personalities and relationships of the main political leaders—larger-than-life figures whom she cuts down to size. She portrays Gandhi as both awe inspiring and, with his antisex campaigns and inflexible moralism, an exasperating eccentric. British viceroy Louis Dickie Mountbatten comes off as a clumsy diplomat dithering over flag designs while his partition plan teetered on the brink of disaster. Meanwhile, his glamorous, omnicompetent wife, Edwina, looks after refugees and carries on an affair with the handsome, stalwart Indian statesman Nehru. Von Tunzelmann's wit is cruel—Gandhi... wanted to spread the blessings of poverty and humility to all people—but fair in its depictions of complex, often charismatic people with feet of clay. The result is compelling narrative history, combining dramatic sweep with dishy detail. 8 pages of b&w photos. (Aug.)

目录

A Tryst with Destiny !

Part One: Empire

1. In Their Gratitude Our Best Reward

2. Mohan and Jawahar

3. Civis Britannicus Sum

4. Dreaming of the East

5. Private Lives

6. We Want No Caesars

7. Power without Responsibility

8. A New Theater

9. Now or Never

Part Two: Tbe Eno

10. Operation Madhouse

11. A Barrel of Gunpowder

12. Lightning Speed Is Much Too Slow

13. A Full Basket of Apples

14. A Rainbow in the Sky

Part Tbree: Tbe Beginning

15. Paradise on Earth

16. The Battle for Delhi

17. Kashmir

18. Maybe Not Today,Maybe Not Tomorrow

Part Four: Afterwaro

19. A Kiss Good-bye

20. Echoes

A Note on Names

Glossary

Notes

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

 

 

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