Political Leadership and Charisma: Nehru, Ben-Gurion, and Other 20th Century Political Leaders: Intellectual Odyssey I

Intro -- Dedication -- Acknowledgments -- Books by Michael Brecher -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction: Many Paths to Knowledge -- Chapter 2: Prelude to an Intellectual Odyssey -- Years of Awakening (1936-46) -- Spanish Civil War (1936-39) -- Munich Agreement (1938) -- High School (1938-42) -- Student Years at McGill (1942-46) -- The Holocaust (1945) -- Yale Graduate Studies (1946-49) -- Pioneers in International Relations -- Library of Congress (1947) -- The UN (1948) -- Israel: Formative Years (1949-51) -- Phases of an Intellectual Odyssey -- Encounters with Pierre Elliott Trudeau -- Beginnings of the South Asia Phase (1951-53) -- Bombay (May-June 1951) -- Delhi (June-July 1951, October 1951-February 1952) -- Vale of Kashmir (July-September 1951) -- Meaning of Kashmir -- The Struggle for Kashmir (1953): Contents -- Chapter 3: Political Leaders: India (1951-91) -- In Quest of Jawaharlal Nehru (1955-1989) -- Preparing the Way -- London Phase (May-November 1955) -- Interviews with Lord Mountbatten (November 1955) -- Entrée to Nehru (December 1955) -- Discovery of the Indian Village (January-February 1956) -- Rationale of Nehru Project -- Encounters with Nehru (1956-63) -- Tour with Nehru (March 1956) -- Interviews (June 1956) -- On Gandhi and Non-Violence -- On the Partition of India -- On India's Achievements Since Independence -- On Socialism -- On China -- On Foreign Policy, War, and Non-Alignment -- On the USA and the Soviet Union -- On Kashmir and Indo-Pakistan Relations -- On the Bandung Conference, Israel, and the Arabs -- On India and the Commonwealth -- On 'After Nehru' -- On the Good Society -- Portrait of the Man -- Nehru as an Intellectual -- Interview with Nehru (January 1958) -- Interim Assessment in Nehru: A Political Biography (1959) -- Last Interview with Nehru (December 1963) -- Further Interim Assessment (November 1964).