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In Spite of the Gods
Edward Luce
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Description for In Spite of the Gods
Paperback. * The bestselling book on modern India by the ex-South Asia correspondent for the Financial Times, reissued with new material Num Pages: 464 pages, Section: 16, colour phoos. BIC Classification: JF; KCZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 322.
India is poised to become one of the world's three largest economies in the next generation and to overtake China as the world's most populous country by 2032. Well before then India's incipient nuclear deterrent will have acquired intercontinental range and air, sea and land capabilities. India's volatile relationship with its nuclear-armed neighbour, Pakistan, may prove to be the source of the world's next major conflict. And if you call anyone- from your bank to rail enquiries- your query may well be dealt with by a graduate in Gujarat. Any way one looks at it, India's fate matters. Edward Luce, ... Read more
India is poised to become one of the world's three largest economies in the next generation and to overtake China as the world's most populous country by 2032. Well before then India's incipient nuclear deterrent will have acquired intercontinental range and air, sea and land capabilities. India's volatile relationship with its nuclear-armed neighbour, Pakistan, may prove to be the source of the world's next major conflict. And if you call anyone- from your bank to rail enquiries- your query may well be dealt with by a graduate in Gujarat. Any way one looks at it, India's fate matters. Edward Luce, ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Weight
318 g
Number of Pages
464
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780349123462
SKU
V9780349123462
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About Edward Luce
Edward Luce is a graduate from Oxford in Politics, Philosophy and Economics. He worked as a speech writer for the treasury secretary in the Clinton administration, was the FT's South Asia bureau chief and is now based in Washington DC as the FT's Washington Commentator.
Reviews for In Spite of the Gods
IN SPITE OF THE GODS is some way ahead of the game. Luce is a highly perceptive and intelligent writer and, unusually, he understands how India works. SUNDAY TIMES Luce delivers genuine insight and revealing observations among the exhaustive facts, interviews and history METRO Engrossing... Instead of standing loftily above the action, Luce gets in among the people to reveal ... Read more