The Shadow of the Great Game: The Untold Story of India's Partition

Narendra Singh Sarila

Basic Books, Nov 12, 2006 - History - 320 pages

A radical reassessment in British colonial history by the former ADC to the last Viceroy of British India is important, but Sarila's claim that current Islamic terrorism is partially rooted in Partition has wider implications. Historians have underestimated the role of British strategic interests: fears about the USSR's control of Middle Eastern oil wells and access to the Indian Ocean. New material on figures like Gandhi, Jinnah, Mountbatten, Churchill, Attlee, Wavell, and Nehru are offered.

Contents

• Preface: 9
• Acknowledgements: 13
• The Great Game: 15

About the author

Narendra Singh Sarila was aide-de-camp to Lord Mountbatten and served in the Indian Foreign Service,1948–85. He joined the Indian delegation to the UN, and was India's ambassador in Spain, Brazil, Libya, Switzerland, and France.

Bibliographic information

• Title: The Shadow of the Great Game: The Untold Story of India's Partition
• Author: Narendra Singh Sarila
• Edition: illustrated, reprint
• Publisher: Basic Books, 2006
• Original from: Indiana University
• Digitized: Nov 13, 2008
• ISBN: 0786719125, 9780786719129
• Length: 320 pages
• Subjects: History / Asia / South / General