{"product_id":"2026200013793-secondhand-nehru-a-political-biography","title":"Nehru: A Political Biography","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Fair\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFew figures in the twentieth century command a legacy as towering and complex as Jawaharlal Nehru, and Michael Brecher's Nehru: A Political Biography presents the most rigorous and penetrating portrait of the man who shaped modern India. This abridged edition chronicles Nehru's extraordinary journey from privileged Kashmiri Brahmin to the architect of an independent nation — tracing the ideological evolution of a statesman who navigated the brutal crucible of British colonialism, the fierce politics of the Indian National Congress, and the monumental task of forging a secular, democratic republic from the ruins of empire.\n\nBrecher, a distinguished political scientist, brings a scholar's analytical precision and a biographer's narrative empathy to his subject, illuminating the profound tensions between Nehru's Western, Fabian-socialist education and his deeply Indian soul. The work argues compellingly that Nehru was not merely a politician but a civilisational force — a man whose vision of non-alignment, industrialisation, and pluralism continues to define, and haunt, the Indian subcontinent to this day. For readers drawn to the great personalities who shaped the post-colonial world, this biography poses an irresistible question: was Nehru's India his greatest triumph, or his greatest unfinished experiment?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49160971321563,"sku":"2026200013793-SECONDHAND","price":12.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/63759568-839e-42d5-97d6-02dcb129edbc.png?v=1787188535","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200013793-secondhand-nehru-a-political-biography","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}