A Tale of Two Revolts: India's Mutiny & the American Civil War
Rajmohan Gandhi, "A Tale of Two Revolts: India's Mutiny & the American Civil War"
English | ISBN: 1906598851 | 2011 | 403 pages | AZW | 2 MB
English | ISBN: 1906598851 | 2011 | 403 pages | AZW | 2 MB
"A discursive, knowing account of two of the nineteenth century's most harrowing and consequential strugglesthe 1857 uprising against the British rule in India and the battle over slavery in the United States of America. Luckily, Rajmohan Gandhi understands both worlds, and the result is a sure-handed, idiosyncratic delight."Geoffrey C. Ward, award-winning biographer of Franklin D. Roosevelt and co-author of The Civil War
Two warsthe 1857 Revolt in India and the American Civil Warseemingly fought for very different reasons, occurred at opposite ends of the globe in the middle of the nineteenth century. But they were both fought in a world still dominated by Great Britain, and the battle cry in both conflicts was freedom.
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