Makers of Modern Asia

Edited by Ramachandra Guha

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ISBN 9780674970809

Publication Date: 11/21/2016

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400 pages

Belknap Press

World

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Introduction: The Politics behind the Economics of Asia’s Rise [Ramachandra Guha]
1. Gandhi, India, and the World [Ramachandra Guha]
2. Chiang Kai-shek and Chinese Modernization [Jay Taylor]
3. Ho Chi Minh: Nationalist Icon [Sophie Quinn-Judge]
4. Mao Zedong and Charismatic Maoism [Rana Mitter]
5. Jawaharlal Nehru: A Romantic in Politics [Ramachandra Guha]
6. Zhou Enlai and China’s “Prolonged Rise” [Chen Jian]
7. Sukarno: Anticipating an Asian Century [James R. Rush]
8. Deng Xiaoping and the China He Made [Odd Arne Westad]
9. Indira Gandhi: India and the World in Transition [Srinath Raghavan]
10. Singapore’s Lee Kuan Yew: Traveling Light, Traveling Fast [Michael D. Barr]
11. Zulfikar Ali Bhutto: In Pursuit of an Asian Pakistan [Farzana Shaikh]
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Acknowledgments
Notes on Contributors
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Index

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