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This collection of essays by distinguished contributors provides a richly variegated picture of Nehru as international statesman, Gandhian revolutionary, parliamentarian, writer, and humanitarian. Of special interest are the studies of Nehru's foreign policy and his insistence on the necessity of peaceful coexistence. The contributions include pieces by Mikhail Gorbachev, Margaret Thatcher, Michael Foot, and James Callaghan, and classic essays by Bertrand Russell, Ilya Ehrenburg, U Thant, Gandhi, and Arnold Toynbee.