This volume opens with Jawaharlal Nehru's public speech at the Ramlila Grounds in Delhi 10 May 1957. [Nehru] recalled how he used to listen to tales of what happened in 1857-58 in Allahabad, Delhi, Lucknow and other places. These stories made a deep impression on him and filled him with anger.
This volume, like the previous one, furnishes rich information on foreign affairs. He was guided, as always, by the principle of enlightened self-interest. At the same time, his responses to worldwide events were influenced by his upbringing and training and the influence of socialist and Marxian ideas. He fervently believed in decolonization, non-alignment, peace and nuclear disarmament, and I…