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Reviewed by Matthew A. Hall (University of California, San Diego)
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Anti-Leftist Politics in Modern World History: Avoiding "Socialism" at All Costs
by Philip B. Minehan
Bloomsbury Academic 2022 - Illustrations. 288 pp. (cloth), ISBN 978-1-350-17064-3 (paper), ISBN 978-1-350-22979-2
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When Francisco Franco and other officers rose against the Spanish Republic in July 1936, it was above all the working class that fought the attempted coup d’etat to a (…)
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Review: Fighting the Left | Matthew A. Hall
7 July 2023 -
Woodard’s Review of ’Toxic Exposures’ by Susan L Smith
9 February 2024[fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEWblanc]fond noir]
Reviewed by Scott C. Woodard
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Toxic Exposures: Mustard Gas and the Health Consequences of World War II in the United States
by Susan L Smith
Rutgers University Press Critical Issues in Health and Medicine Series 2017. 209 pp. (cloth), ISBN 978-0-8135-8609-0
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Susan L. Smith’s Toxic Exposures: Mustard Gas and the Health Consequences of World War II in the United States gathers a rich and thoroughly documented collection of (…) -
Book Review: British Savagery in Delhi After 1857 | M.R. Narayan Swamy
19 August 2022, by M R Narayan SwamyBook Review __0__ Tears of the Begums: Stories of Survivors of the Uprising of 1857
Khwaja Hasan Nizami Translated by Rana Safvi
Hachette India Paperback : 244 pages ISBN-10 : 9393701148 ISBN-13 : 978-9393701145
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When the British finally reconquered Delhi with the help of loyal Indian troops after the 1857 revolt, the retribution was swift and brutal, without any regard for justice and fair play. Not only were (…) -
Review of Panter-Brick’s Gandhi and the Middle East | Vedh P. Siv
12 July 2025[fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEWblanc]fond noir]
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Gandhi and the Middle East
Jews, Arabs and Imperial Interests
by Simone Panter-Brick
I.B. Tauris
First Edition, Jan 2015
ISBN 9781784530228
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02 May 2025
Introduction
When India attained its independence in 1947, the nation was principled on two ideas --- peace and non-violence, for both, the nation and its people. These ideas were inspired from Mahatma Gandhi, one among the greatest freedom fighters and the Father (…) -
Review of Postmodern Gandhi & Politics, Ethics and the Self Re-reading Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj | Chotelal Kumar
12 January 2024, by Chhotelal KumarBOOK REVIEW
by Chotelal Kumar
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Postmodern Gandhi and Other Essays
Gandhi in the World and at Home
by Lloyd I. Rudolph and Susanne Hoeber Rudolph
The University of Chicago Press | 2006 - 272 pages
ISBN-10 : 0226731235
ISBN-13 : 978-0226731230
https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/P/bo4343100.html
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Politics, Ethics and the Self Re-reading Gandhi’s Hind Swaraj
Edited By Rajeev Bhargava
Routledge India | 2022 - 370 Pages
ISBN 9780367488598 (…) -
12 October 2024, by Radhakanta Barik[fond noir][blanc]Book Reviewblanc]fond noir]
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Restoring Peace and Democracy in Chhattisgarh: Inherent Message of a Political Memoir
27 November 2015, by Gabriele DietrichBOOK REVIEW
Inside Chhattisgarh: A Political Memoir by Ilina Sen; Penguin Books India; 2014; pages: 307; Price: Rs 399.
This is an extraordinary book, based on an unusual life-journey, rooted in search of solidarity and democratic transformation of society. It is unfortunate that Ilina and Binayak Sen have been in the national and international limelight because of the trumped-up Binayak Sen case and the subsequent “Free Binayak Sen Campaign” which was, of course, very positive. This (…) -
Lessons from Indira Gandhi
19 July 2025[fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEWblanc]fond noir]
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Democracy Enchained, Nation Disgraced: Dark Days of India -
Nehru to Najibullah: A Journalist’s Story | M.R. Narayan Swamy
15 October 2022, by M R Narayan SwamyBOOK REVEIW
Reporting India: My Seventy-Year Journey as a Journalist
by Prem Prakash (ANI)
Publishers: Ebury Press (Penguin Random House) Pages: 225; Price: Rs 699 ISBN-10 : 067009398X ISBN-13 : 978-0670093984 __0__
Jawaharlal looked so tired after the 1962 war with China that he almost fell asleep while answering questions from journalist Prem Prakash. “I had to touch him gently to wake him up and tell him I could not present the Indian prime minister to the world in that (…) -
Ruble’s Review of Feminist Transformations and Domestic Violence Activism in Divided Berlin, 1968-2002 by Jane Freeland
17 February 2024[fond noir][blanc]BOOK REVIEWblanc]fond noir]
Reviewed by Alexandria Ruble (University of Idaho)
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Feminist Transformations and Domestic Violence Activism in Divided Berlin, 1968-2002 by Jane Freeland
Published for the British Academy by Oxford University Press 2022. viii + 239 pp. ISBN: 9780197267110
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In many societies, even today, the voices of women who have endured domestic violence remain muted. Jane Freeland’s fantastic new monograph provides survivors and the (…)