A good book to read. Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations Kindle Store. Many of Crocker’s points, too—especially the implications of the Five Year Plans and of the introduction of democracy to India—are particularly relevant today. This is one of the more sensitive and perceptive assessment of Nehru.
Nehru: A Contemporary's Estimate eBook: Crocker, Walter: Amazon.com.au: Kindle Store. There are certainly some views that are typically of a Western mind which an Indian would reject outrightly. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Elegant, perceptive, and startlingly prophetic, Nehru: A contemporary’s estimate is one of the finest accounts of Nehru ever written. Walter Crocker, the Australian high commissioner to India, admired Nehru the man - his grace, style, intelligence and energy - and was deeply critical of many of his political decisions - the invasion of Goa, India's Kashmir policy, the Five Year Plans. This book, written shortly after Nehru's death, is full of invaluable first hand observations about the man and his politics. Enter your mobile number or email address below and we'll send you a link to download the free Kindle App. Sir Walter was a prolific writer publishing numerous magazine articles, lectures and books during his career. Nehru: A Contemporary's Estimate was published in 1966. Scopri Nehru: A Contemporary's Estimate di Crocker Walter: spedizione gratuita per i clienti Prime e per ordini a partire da 29€ spediti da Amazon. Prime members enjoy FREE Delivery and exclusive access to music, movies, TV shows, original audio series, and Kindle books. Elegant, perceptive, and startlingly prophetic, "Nehru: A Contemporary's Estimate" is one of the finest accounts of Nehru ever written. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. The book is a brief yet revealing account of Nehru's policies, his men and other affairs. The Room Where It Happened: A White House Memoir Your recently viewed items and featured recommendations
Please try again. From 1952 to 1970 Sir Walter served Australia with distinction for eighteen years as ambassador in a variety of countries including India (1952-1955 and 1958-1962), Indonesia, Canada, Nepal, Belgium and The Netherlands, Kenya, Ethiopia and Uganda and Italy. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Having seen Nehru as a youth during a school visit, I can vouch for the physical description of the freshness of complexion though only three years before his death. A good book to read. The author has tried to give a balanced view about Nehru. Much of Crocker's points, too - especially the implications of the Five Year Plans and of the introduction of democracy to India - are particularly relevant today. I was however too young to vouch for the politics of that time. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. An eye opener to both Nehru baiters and haters.
In 1973 he was appointed Lieutenant-governor of South Australia, a position he held until 1982. Following his retirement from the diplomatic service in 1970, Sir Walter returned home to Adelaide where he served as a member of the Council of Adelaide University from 1971-1978. Anybody wishing to get a real sense of Nehru (free of biases, favorable or adverse, but covering all aspects, favorable or adverse) with all his complexities should read this book.
On the whole, it is a good addition to books on the Indian leader and it is one of the more balanced narratives coming from a contemporary of one of modern India's great founders. Then you can start reading Kindle books on your smartphone, tablet, or computer - no Kindle device required. After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in.After viewing product detail pages, look here to find an easy way to navigate back to pages you are interested in. The details are generally authentic and the author is well equipped to handle the language competently.
Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. Nehru: a contemporary estimate was published in 1966. Elegant, perceptive, and startlingly prophetic, Nehru: A Contemporary’s Estimate is one of the finest accounts of Nehru ever written. Please try againSorry, we failed to record your vote. --This text refers to the Amazon calculates a product’s star ratings based on a machine learned model instead of a raw data average. United Kingdom
Sir Walter was a prolific writer publishing numerous magazine articles, lectures and books during his career. Walter Russell Crocker an Australian scholar and diplomat. This book, written shortly after Nehru’s death, is full of invaluable first hand observations about the man and his politics. To top it, the lucid and classic prose style just acts as the perfect lens to observe Nehru from. While there is little in the book about Nehru's famously complicated personal life — other than what a fascinated and rather impressed high commissioner was able to observe — there are many and telling observations about his public conduct and behaviour, about the thought and ideas behind the course of modernisation that Nehru and his colleagues set in motion for India.
This book will bring to life a character who has become a fossilised myth owing to the hollow lip service paid by the successors and the Indian people. There are certainly some views that are typically of a Western mind which an Indian would reject outrightly. For details, please see the Terms & Conditions associated with these promotions.