Joseph Lelyveld

In this ambitious, original study, Pulitzer Prize-winner Lelyveld sets out to measure Gandhi's accomplishments as a politician and an advocate for the downtrodden--against Gandhi's own expectations and in light of his complex, conflicted feelings about his place in Indian history.

Mahatma Gandhi and His Struggle with India

Great Soul

"'By far the most enigmatic leading figure' of World War II. That's how the British military historian John Keegan described Franklin D. Roosevelt, who frequently left his contemporaries guessing, never more so than at the end of his life. Here, in an insightful account, a prizewinning author and journalist untangles the narrative threads of Roosevelt's final months, showing how he juggled the strategic, political, and personal choices he faced as the war, his presidency, and his life raced in tandem to their climax. The story has been told piecemeal but never like this, with a close focus on Roosevelt himself and his hopes for a stable international order after the war, and how these led him into a prolonged courtship of Joseph Stalin, the Soviet dictator, involving secret, arduous journeys to Tehran and the Crimea. In between, as the war entered its final phase, came the thunderbolt of a dire medical diagnosis, raising urgent questions about the ability of the longest-serving president to stand for a fourth term at a time when he had little choice. Neither his family nor top figures in his administration were informed of his diagnosis, let alone the public or his closest ally, Winston Churchill. With D-Day looming, Roosevelt took a month off on a plantation in the South where he was examined daily by a navy cardiologist, then waited two more months before finally announcing, on the eve of his party's convention, that he'd be a candidate. A political grand master still, he manipulated the selection of a new running mate, with an eye to a possible succession, displaying some of his old vigor and wit in a winning campaign. With precision and compassion, Joseph Lelyveld examines the choices Roosevelt faced, shining new light on his state of mind, preoccupations, and motives, both as leader of the wartime alliance and in his personal life. Confronting his own mortality, Roosevelt operated in the belief that he had a duty to see the war through to the end, telling himself he could always resign if he found he couldn't carry on. Lelyveld delivers an incisive portrait of this deliberately inscrutable man, a consummate leader to the very last."--Jacket.

The Last Months of Franklin Roosevelt

His Final Battle

Mahatma Gandhi é uma biografia pouco convencional do grande líder indiano. O livro silencia sobre a primeira juventude de Gandhi e se inicia com o protagonista já instalado na África do Sul como advogado, em 1893, após os primeiros anos em Gujarat, na Índia, e a educação profissional em Londres. Como ressalta Joseph Lelyveld na introdução ao volume, a experiência sul-africana proporcionou ao jovem Gandhi um estreito contato com a tragédia do racismo e do colonialismo britânico, tendo se mostrado fundamental na formação moral e política do Mahatma (título honorífico que significa “Grande Alma”). O consagrado jornalista norte-americano reconstitui os passos desse personagem complexo e fascinante - libertador da Índia, ideólogo da desobediência civil e símbolo máximo do pacifismo num século marcado por guerras mundiais e genocídios - com foco em sua atuação política, sem contudo negligenciar os acontecimentos pessoais decisivos. Resultado de pesquisas exaustivas na África do Sul e na Índia, o livro apresenta o homem Gandhi em sua totalidade problemática, enxergando por trás dos mitos criados por seus seguidores e inimigos. O autor não hesita em destacar os numerosos fracassos do Mahatma, o principal dos quais talvez tenha sido o sonho da unidade entre hindus e muçulmanos. Do mesmo modo, temas como sua ambígua sexualidade e a tendência à autopromoção são abordados com admirável sensibilidade crítica. “Uma análise profundamente perspicaz daquele que foi talvez o mais fascinante líder político de nosso tempo. Um livro maravilhoso.” - Amartya Sen

Mahatma Gandhi

"Extraordinary...unlike any other book about South Africa."-The New York Times Book Review.

South Africa, Black and White

Move Your Shadow

The son of a Cleveland rabbi dives into his family history, presenting a candid but compassionate portrayal of his father, who walks a tenuous line between his politics and his public role as a clergyman, and his mother, a Shakespearean scholar whose independence causes strife in the family. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

A Memory Loop

Omaha Blues

An analysis of Gandhi's accomplishments as a politician and civil rights advocate reveals his conflicted ideologies and feelings about his place in history, offering insight into his philosophies, social campaigns, and private disappointments.

Mahatma Gandhi é uma biografia pouco convencional do grande líder indiano. O livro silencia sobre a primeira juventude de Gandhi e se inicia com o protagonista já instalado na África do Sul como advogado, em 1893, após os primeiros anos em Gujarat, na Índia, e a educação profissional em Londres. Como ressalta Joseph Lelyveld na introdução ao volume, a experiência sul-africana proporcionou ao jovem Gandhi um estreito contato com a tragédia do racismo e do colonialismo britânico, tendo se mostrado fundamental na formação moral e política do Mahatma (título honorífico que significa "Grande Alma"). O consagrado jornalista norte-americano reconstitui os passos desse personagem complexo e fascinante - libertador da Índia, ideólogo da desobediência civil e símbolo máximo do pacifismo num século marcado por guerras mundiais e genocídios - com foco em sua atuação política, sem contudo negligenciar os acontecimentos pessoais decisivos. Resultado de pesquisas exaustivas na África do Sul e na Índia, o livro apresenta o homem Gandhi em sua totalidade problemática, enxergando por trás dos mitos criados por seus seguidores e inimigos. O autor não hesita em destacar os numerosos fracassos do Mahatma, o principal dos quais talvez tenha sido o sonho da unidade entre hindus e muçulmanos. Do mesmo modo, temas como sua ambígua sexualidade e a tendência à autopromoção são abordados com admirável sensibilidade crítica.

A New York Times 2016 Notable Book “By far the most enigmatic leading figure” of World War II. That’s how the British military historian John Keegan described Franklin D. Roosevelt, who frequently left his contemporaries guessing, never more so than at the end of his life. Here, in a hugely insightful account, a prizewinning author and journalist untangles the narrative threads of Roosevelt’s final months, showing how he juggled the strategic, political, and personal choices he faced as the war, his presidency, and his life raced in tandem to their climax. The story has been told piecemeal but never like this, with a close focus on Roosevelt himself and his hopes for a stable international order after the war, and how these led him into a prolonged courtship of Joseph Stalin, the Soviet dictator, involving secret, arduous journeys to Tehran and the Crimea. In between, as the war entered its final phase, came the thunderbolt of a dire medical diagnosis, raising urgent questions about the ability of the longest-serving president to stand for a fourth term at a time when he had little choice. Neither his family nor top figures in his administration were informed of his diagnosis, let alone the public or his closest ally, Winston Churchill. With D-Day looming, Roosevelt took a month off on a plantation in the south where he was examined daily by a navy cardiologist, then waited two more months before finally announcing, on the eve of his party’s convention, that he’d be a candidate. A political grand master still, he manipulated the selection of a new running mate, with an eye to a possible succession, displaying some of his old vigor and wit in a winning campaign. With precision and compassion, Joseph Lelyveld examines the choices Roosevelt faced, shining new light on his state of mind, preoccupations, and motives, both as leader of the wartime alliance and in his personal life. Confronting his own mortality, Roosevelt operated in the belief that he had a duty to see the war through to the end, telling himself he could always resign if he found he couldn’t carry on. Lelyveld delivers an incisive portrait of this deliberately inscrutable man, a consummate leader to the very last.

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