In this podcast episode, Rebecca Rideal speaks to historian Walter Reid about his latest book, Fighting Retreat: Churchill and India, in which he asks the question: Why was Churchill so vindictive towards India and Indians?
Reviews:
‘[Reid] is a sensitive, diligent historian with an admirably open mind … [and] deserves congratulations for bravely questioning Churchill’s attitude towards India and for rightly labelling it racist. This book is a polemic, but a careful and convincing one. … What shines through is a careful, lawyerly logic that leads to painful conclusions.’ — Gerard DeGroot, The Times
‘A masterful exposure of Churchill’s views and actions regarding India.’ — The Asian Age
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