First published in 1967, The Giants of Asia discusses the growth of Asian nationalism and Asian power. It surveys the major Asian countries and the three major forms that Asian nationalism has taken: constitutional democracy in India and initially in Pakistan, the pre-war militarism of Japan, and nationalist communism in China. The author discusses the problems of unity and government after the withdrawal of European power. He has been extraordinarily successful in conveying unfamiliar ideas concretely and simply – in surveying this vast unfamiliar field with simple clarity. This book will be of interest to students and researchers of politics, history, and Asian studies.
1. Europe and Asia 2. The Religions of India 3. The British in India 4. The Indian Freedom Movement 5. Gandhi: Politician, Reformer, Saint 6. Congress against Britain 7. The Road to Pakistan 8. China and the Europeans 9. The Rise of the Kuomintang 10. Japan seizes an Empire 11. War in China 12. The Second World War begins 13. Japan loses the War 14. India and Pakistan 15. The Communist Victory in China 16. How the Communists changed China 17. Changes in China: 1949–1957 18. China and the World: 1949–1957 19. The Kuomintang in Formosa 20. Politics in Free India 21. Politics in Pakistan 22. Escape from Poverty 23. Foreign Aid 24. India, Pakistan and the World 25. China against its Neighbours 26. India and Pakistan go to War 27. On with the Revolution 28. Japan under American Occupation 29. The New Japan 30. Past and Future
Biography
Stephen Hugh-Jones worked in the foreign department of The Economist, specializing in Asian affairs. He studied at Oxford and was formerly Foreign Editor of the Indian Express.
