Leonard A. Gordon

Leonard Abraham Gordon is a historian of South Asia, especially of Bengal, whose 1990 book Brothers Against the Raj: A Biography of Indian Nationalist Leaders Sarat and Subhas Chandra Bose is considered the definitive biography of Subhas Chandra Bose.^[1]^[2]^[3]

^ Kopf 1992, pp. 271–272: Quote: "After almost thirty years of the most painstaking research in the libraries and archives of Europe and Asia, and after 150 interviews, Leonard A. Gordon has published this long-awaited biography of Subhas Chandra Bose, which includes the story of his brother, Sarat, also a freedom fighter. I know of no other comparable work that offers such meticulously detailed information on twentieth-century Bengali politics and politicians, both regional and national, Hindu and Muslim. ... The result is a masterful blending of archival evidence, acute intuitive apprehension, and gossip, brilliantly organized chronologically in fourteen chapters and amazingly confined to well within 1,000 pages. Much can be written in praise of this biography; it is surely Gordon's magnum opus."
^ Zachariah 2012, p. 109: Quote: "Academic circles have long had in Leonard A. Gordon's Brothers against the Raj: A Biography of Indian Nationalists Sarat and Subhas Chandra Bose (1990) a careful and detailed account of the lives of Subhas Bose and his elder brother Sarat. Sugata Bose's book is not likely to replace Gordon's account."
^ Wainwright 2013, pp. 360–361: Quote: "Bose therefore continues to be seen as a treacherous fascist collaborator to some and a heroic Indian freedom fighter to others. Scholars have had to negotiate the grey area between these two polar opposites in their treatment of Bose and the Indian National Army he helped create. Perhaps the most definitive work to date is Leonard A. Gordon’s Brothers Against the Raj: A Biography of Indian Nationalists Sarat and Subhas Chandra Bose."

[FOOTNOTEKopf1992271–272-1] Kopf 1992, pp. 271–272: Quote: "After almost thirty years of the most painstaking research in the libraries and archives of Europe and Asia, and after 150 interviews, Leonard A. Gordon has published this long-awaited biography of Subhas Chandra Bose, which includes the story of his brother, Sarat, also a freedom fighter. I know of no other comparable work that offers such meticulously detailed information on twentieth-century Bengali politics and politicians, both regional and national, Hindu and Muslim. ... The result is a masterful blending of archival evidence, acute intuitive apprehension, and gossip, brilliantly organized chronologically in fourteen chapters and amazingly confined to well within 1,000 pages. Much can be written in praise of this biography; it is surely Gordon's magnum opus."

[FOOTNOTEZachariah2012109-2] Zachariah 2012, p. 109: Quote: "Academic circles have long had in Leonard A. Gordon's Brothers against the Raj: A Biography of Indian Nationalists Sarat and Subhas Chandra Bose (1990) a careful and detailed account of the lives of Subhas Bose and his elder brother Sarat. Sugata Bose's book is not likely to replace Gordon's account."

[FOOTNOTEWainwright2013360–361-3] Wainwright 2013, pp. 360–361: Quote: "Bose therefore continues to be seen as a treacherous fascist collaborator to some and a heroic Indian freedom fighter to others. Scholars have had to negotiate the grey area between these two polar opposites in their treatment of Bose and the Indian National Army he helped create. Perhaps the most definitive work to date is Leonard A. Gordon’s Brothers Against the Raj: A Biography of Indian Nationalists Sarat and Subhas Chandra Bose."

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