A Beacon Across Asia

302 (10 B/W Illustrations)About the BookThis is the English edition of a trilingual biography of Subhas Chandra Bose, the German and Japanese editions being the other two. Its six parts deal with his experiences in India, Germany and Japan and have been co-authored by people who either worked with, or were close associates of his during his stay in their respective countries.The aim of the biography is to place Subhas Chandra Bose in a correct historical perspective with regard to his much publicised revolutionary activities, and to provide an understanding of an extremely complex man, much maligned by Britain and greatly misunderstood by her allies.Bose's encounters with leaders in Germany, first in 1933-36 and later during World War 11; the beginnings of his revolutionary activities there and his single-mindedness in pursuit of them; his early realisation that Hitler's concept of a "world strug