ri /f Rashmi-Sudha
?Mohandus K. Gandi coined the term nonviolence, pioneered new modes
of nonviolent resistance (satygraha), and evolved a coherent
political philosophy that unconditionally repudiated any
rationalization of war or ethical justification of systematic
violence. Here his policies and precepts in relation to war and
peace throughout his long and eventful career in South Africa and
India are carefully examined. There are valuable insights into the
shaping of the Mahatma's thinking (in particular, the influence of
America's Thoreau and Russia's Tolstoy). Puri carefully analyzes
Gandhi's views concerning a wide variety of factors and events that
molded the course of history during the interwar years: the
unfairness of the Varsailles Treaty; the inadequacies of the League
of Nations; the continued oppression of colonial peoples and blacks
in the US; the militancy of Mussolini's fascism and his shamefull
conquest of Ethiopia; and the Nazi persecution of Jews. ... Puri's
work is judicious, lucid, well documented, objective, and
scholarly. It is a landmark study, a fine addition to the prolific
literature on Gandhi.?-Choice
"Mohandus K. Gandi coined the term nonviolence, pioneered new modes
of nonviolent resistance (satygraha), and evolved a coherent
political philosophy that unconditionally repudiated any
rationalization of war or ethical justification of systematic
violence. Here his policies and precepts in relation to war and
peace throughout his long and eventful career in South Africa and
India are carefully examined. There are valuable insights into the
shaping of the Mahatma's thinking (in particular, the influence of
America's Thoreau and Russia's Tolstoy). Puri carefully analyzes
Gandhi's views concerning a wide variety of factors and events that
molded the course of history during the interwar years: the
unfairness of the Varsailles Treaty; the inadequacies of the League
of Nations; the continued oppression of colonial peoples and blacks
in the US; the militancy of Mussolini's fascism and his shamefull
conquest of Ethiopia; and the Nazi persecution of Jews. ... Puri's
work is judicious, lucid, well documented, objective, and
scholarly. It is a landmark study, a fine addition to the prolific
literature on Gandhi."-Choice
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