1st Edition
Gandhi’s Battlefield Choice The Mahatma, The Bhagavad Gita, and World War II
By Francis G. Hutchins
Copyright 2018
226 Pages
by
Routledge
226 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
226 Pages
11 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge
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This much anticipated volume compares and contrasts Gandhi’s non-violent leadership during World War II to the military leadership of Arjuna in the war that prompted the Bhagavad Gita dialogue, the Sanskrit text that guided Gandhi’s actions throughout his life. Early in his career as leader of India’s campaign to end British rule, Gandhi resisted terrorist interpretations of the Gita and... Read more
1. Proclaiming a Non-Terrorist Manifesto 2. War in the Mahabharata and World War II 3. Freedom Now 4. Reconciling 5. Operation Ebb Tide 6. A Truthful Future
Biography
Francis G. Hutchins is the author of books including The Illusion of Permanence: British Imperialism in India and Democratizing Monarch: A Memoir of Nepal’s King Birendra. He has also translated the Sanskrit Hitopadesha, published as Animal Fables of India with drawings by A. Ramachandran, and portions of the Sanskrit Harivamsa, published as Young Krishna, illustrated by reproductions of Indian miniature paintings.
