Churchill's Secret War by Madhusree Mukerjee

Indian Express (India)“ main point comes through persuasively.never has anything quite this persuasive demonstrated how devastating for the world were Churchill’s personal failings.” Roll Call“Mukerjee’s work is an important tool in repudiating the dominant legacy of Churchill.” Providence Journal“A clearly written and well-researched study.Mukerjee writes with a careful hand, avoiding an easily dismissible rant and smartly allowing Churchill’s closet advisors to color in the dark details.” ““ell-researched.This gripping account of historical tragedy is a useful corrective to fashionable theories of benign imperial rule, arguing that a brutal rapaciousness was the very soul of the Raj.” “An important though uncomfortable lesson for readers who think they know the heroes and villains of World War II.” Mukerjee's elegant, precise prose and meticulous research make her tale of colonial brutality all the more gripping and horrific.” “ Churchill's Secret War is a major work of historical scholarship, which reveals that one of the 20th century's greatest heroes was also one of its greatest villains.

John Horgan, Director, Center for Science Writings, Stevens Institute of Technology With impeccable research, Mukerjee debunks the conventional hagiography of Churchill, showing ‘the last imperialist’s’ monstrous indifference to the peoples of the sub- continent.” “An epic indictment of British policies that cold-bloodedly caused the death of millions of ordinary Indians during the Second World War. Mike Davis, Professor of Creative Writing at University of California–Riverside Deeply researched and skillfully constructed, this is a major contribution to Indian history and to the history of the Second World War.” In her book, Madhusree Mukerjee writes evocatively of how hunger and rebellion in rural Bengal was a product of cynicism and callousness in imperial London. But now, in Churchill’s Secret War, we have, for the first time, definitive evidence of how a great man’s prejudices contributed to one of the most deadly famines in modern history. “Winston Churchill’s dislike of India and Indians has been known to scholars. Ramachandra Guha, author of India after Gandhi

Churchill's Secret War by Madhusree Mukerjee