Description: Further DetailsTitle: Midnight's FuriesCondition: NewEAN: 9781445660134ISBN: 9781445660134Publisher: Amberley PublishingFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 01/15/2017Item Height: 198mmItem Length: 129mmItem Weight: 298gAuthor: Nisid HajariLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: The Deadly Legacy of India's PartitionISBN-10: 144566013XDescription: After centuries of British rule, nobody expected Indian Independence and the birth of Pakistan to be so bloody – they were supposed to be the answer to the dreams of Muslims and Hindus.Jawaharlal Nehru, Gandhi’s protégé and the political leader of India, believed Indians were an inherently nonviolent, peaceful people.Pakistan’s founder, Mohammad Ali Jinnah, was a secular lawyer, not a firebrand. But in August 1946, exactly a year before Independence, Calcutta erupted in street-gang fighting. A cycle of riots – targeting Hindus, then Muslims, then Sikhs – spiralled out of control.As the summer of 1947 approached, all three groups were heavily armed and on edge, and the British rushed to leave. All hell let loose. Trains carried Muslims west and Hindus east to their slaughter. Some of the most brutal and widespread ethnic cleansing in modern history erupted on both sides of the new border, carving a gulf between India and Pakistan that remains a root cause of many evils.From jihadi terrorism to nuclear proliferation, the searing tale told in Midnight’s Furies explains all too many of the headlines we read today.Country/Region of Manufacture: GBGenre: HistoryTopic: Law & PoliticsRelease Year: 2017 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Book Title: Midnight's Furies
Publication Name: Midnight's Furies
Title: Midnight's Furies
EAN: 9781445660134
ISBN: 9781445660134
Publisher: Amberley Publishing
Format: Paperback
Release Date: 01/15/2017
Release Year: 2017
Item Height: 198mm
Item Length: 129mm
Item Weight: 298g
Author: Nisid Hajari
Language: English
Subtitle: The Deadly Legacy of India's Partition
ISBN-10: 144566013X
Country/Region of Manufacture: GB
Genre: History
Topic: Law & Politics