Nationalism tends to do things with peoples' judgment. On Mon, Aug 9, 2010 at 4:34 PM, David Freeman <[email protected]>wrote:
> 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]<http://us.mc839.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[email protected]> > . > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to churchillchat+ > [email protected]<http://us.mc839.mail.yahoo.com/mc/[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]<churchillchat%[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.
