· Shirer, a reporter for the Chicago Tribute at the time, tells his story of reporting on Gandhi and Gandhi's fight for Indian independence in the 's. Shirer, a personal friend of Gandhi, gives his honest impression of the man through his own eyes including the contradictions and www.doorway.ru by: · Gandhi: a sympathetic report; Gandhi: A Memoir, by William L. Shirer. New York: Simon Schuster. $Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins. Because Shirer writes about Gandhi from the point of view of a young modest middle class American involved for the first time in a culture totally unlike his own, he makes Gandhi and his thought accessible to many of us, with the same middle-class, middle-America background/5(21).
As a young foreign correspondent, Shirer reported briefly on Gandhi—but the year was , when India's struggle for independence peaked and Gandhi scored perhaps his greatest political success. So, though Shirer's memoir is inflated with Talks on India and Thoughts on Gandhi, and freighted with vituperations against the British, it also recaptures the novelty of his approach and the. A Complex Fate: William L. Shirer and the American Century by Ken Cuthbertson (McGill-Queen's University Press) William L. Shirer had a tumultuous but celebrated career—first as a newspaper foreign correspondent, then as a pioneering radio broadcaster and, finally, as an authority on Europe. Recalling his friendship and conversations with the late Indian leader, William Shirer presents a portrait of Gandhi that spotlights his frailties as well as his accomplishments. As a young foreign correspondent, William Shirer reported briefly on Gandhibut the year was , when India's struggle for independence peaked and Gandhi scored.
Recalling his friendship and conversations with the late Indian leader, William Shirer presents a portrait of Gandhi that spotlights his frailties as well as his accomplishments. As a young foreign correspondent, William Shirer reported briefly on Gandhibut the year was , when India's struggle for independence peaked and Gandhi scored perhaps his greatest political success. At the beginning of the s, historian William L. Shirer was sent to India by the Chicago Tribune to cover the rise of the Independence Movement. During this time Shirer was privileged to observe Mahatma Gandhi as he launched the Civil Disobedience Campaign and to enjoy his personal friendship and confidence. Find Gandhi by Shirer, William L at Biblio. Uncommonly good collectible and rare books from uncommonly good booksellers.
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