The charge of Churchill's callousness over the Bengal Famine is ancient and yet another that has been dealth with by Sir Martin Gilbert and Finest Hour some time ago.
--- On Mon, 8/9/10, Antoine Capet <[email protected]> wrote: From: Antoine Capet <[email protected]> Subject: [ChurchillChat] "definitive evidence" of Churchil's "prejudices" To: [email protected] Date: Monday, August 9, 2010, 5:44 PM Received this morning : Subject: Notification of book availability > Hi, > > Per your request, this message is to notify you that > > CHURCHILL'S SECRET WAR: THE BRITISH EMPIRE AND THE RAVAGING OF INDIA > DURING WORLD WAR II > by Mukerjee, Madhusree > > has now been published. ............................. Hardcover: 368 pages Publisher: Basic Books (August 10, 2010) Language: English ISBN-10: 0465002013 ISBN-13: 978-0465002016 "Winston Churchill's dislike of India and Indians has been known to scholars. But now, in Churchill's Secret War, we have, for the first time, definitive evidence of how a great man's prejudices contributed to one of the most deadly famines in modern history. In her book, Madhusree Mukerjee writes evocatively of how hunger and rebellion in rural Bengal was a product of cynicism and callousness in imperial London. Deeply researched and skillfully constructed, this is a major contribution to Indian history and to the history of the Second World War." "An epic indictment of British policies that cold-bloodedly caused the death of millions of ordinary Indians during the Second World War. With impeccable research, Mukerjee debunks the conventional hagiography of Churchill, showing 'the last imperialist's' monstrous indifference to the peoples of the sub- continent." Churchill's Secret War is a major work of historical scholarship, which reveals that one of the 20th century's greatest heroes was also one of its greatest villains. Mukerjee's elegant, precise prose and meticulous research make her tale of colonial brutality all the more gripping and horrific." etc. . . http://www.amazon.com/Churchills-Secret-War-British-Ravaging/dp/0465002013/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1281346438&sr=1-1 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ChurchillChat" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/churchillchat?hl=en.
