Quest for Freedom

Delves into some tricky questions about the US reaction to the independence struggle in India, especially to its final stages during and after World War II: to what extent and why the US and presidents Roosevelt and Truman cared about the struggle, the balance between America's traditional support for self- determination and the wartime alliance with Britain and other colonial powers, how the colonial and nationalist powers tried to influence US policy and how they reacted to US initiatives, the impact of the emerging ColWar on US policy, and the overall impact the US had on developments in India. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR