Makers of modern Asia /
Makers of modern Asia /
edited by Ramachandra Guha.
- 385 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the politics behind the economics of Asia's rise / Ramachandra Guha -- Gandhi, India, and the world / Ramachandra Guha -- Chiang Kai-shek and Chinese modernization / Jay Taylor -- Ho Chi Minh: nationalist icon / Sophie Quinn-Judge -- Mao Zedong and charismatic Maoism / Rana Mitter -- Jawaharlal Nehru: a romantic in politics / Ramachandra Guha -- Zhou Enlai and China's "prolonged rise" / Chen Jian -- Sukarno: anticipating an Asian century / James R. Rush -- Deng Xiaoping and the China he made / Odd Arne Westad -- Indira Gandhi: India and the world in transition / Srinath Raghavan -- Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew: traveling light, traveling fast / Michael D. Barr -- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: in pursuit of an Asian Pakistan / Farzana Shaikh.
9780674365414 (alk. paper)
Politicians--Asia--Biography.
Asia--Foreign relations--1945-
Asia--Politics and government--1945-
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: the politics behind the economics of Asia's rise / Ramachandra Guha -- Gandhi, India, and the world / Ramachandra Guha -- Chiang Kai-shek and Chinese modernization / Jay Taylor -- Ho Chi Minh: nationalist icon / Sophie Quinn-Judge -- Mao Zedong and charismatic Maoism / Rana Mitter -- Jawaharlal Nehru: a romantic in politics / Ramachandra Guha -- Zhou Enlai and China's "prolonged rise" / Chen Jian -- Sukarno: anticipating an Asian century / James R. Rush -- Deng Xiaoping and the China he made / Odd Arne Westad -- Indira Gandhi: India and the world in transition / Srinath Raghavan -- Singapore's Lee Kuan Yew: traveling light, traveling fast / Michael D. Barr -- Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: in pursuit of an Asian Pakistan / Farzana Shaikh.
9780674365414 (alk. paper)
Politicians--Asia--Biography.
Asia--Foreign relations--1945-
Asia--Politics and government--1945-