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245 0 0 _aMakers of modern Asia /
_cedited by Ramachandra Guha.
260 _aCambridge, Massachusetts :
_bThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
_c2014.
300 _a385 p. :
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 _tIntroduction: The politics behind the Economics of Asia's rise /
_r Ramachandra Guha --
_gCh. 1.
_tGandhi, India and the World /
_rRamachandra Guha --
_gCh. 2.
_tChiang Kai-shek and Chinese modernization /
_rJay Taylor.
_gCh. 3.
_tHo Chi Minh : nationalist icon /
_rSophie Quinn-Judge --
_gCh. 4.
_tMao Zedong and charismatic maoism /
_rRana Mitter.
_gCh. 5.
_tJawaharlal Nehru: a romantic in politics /
_rRamachandra Guha.
_gCh. 6.
_t Zhou Enlai and China's "prolonged rise" /
_rChen Jian --
_gCh. 7.
_tSukarno: anticipating an Asian century /
_rJames S. Rush --
_gCh. 8.
_tDen Xioping and the China he made /
_rOdd Arne Westad --
_gCh. 9.
_tIndira Ghandi: India and the world in transition /
_rSrinath Raghavan --
_gCh. 10.
_tSingapore's Lee Kuan Yew : traveling light, traveling fast /
_rMichael D. Barr --
_gCh. 11.
_tZulkifar Ali Bhutto: in pursuit of an Asian Pakistan /
_rFarzana Shaikh.
520 _aThe twenty-first century has been dubbed the Asian Century. Highlighting diverse thinker-politicians rather than billionaire businessmen, it presents eleven leaders who theorized and organized anticolonial movements, strategized and directed military campaigns, and designed and implemented political systems.
650 0 _91460
_aPoliticians
_zAsia
_vBiography
651 0 _91459
_aAsia
_xPolitics and government
_y1945-
651 0 _91459
_aAsia
_xForeign relations
_y1945-
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_aGuha, Ramachandra
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