‘Gandhi and the Unspeakable’

Ghandhi
and the Unspeakable looks upon the father of the Indian independence
movement and examines why a prophet of nonviolence was assassinated
by Hindu nationalists during a prayer meeting in New Delhi.

From James
W. Douglass, the bestselling author of JFK and the Unspeakable (Orbis
2010), Ghandhi
and the Unspeakable shines new light on the untimely death
of Mohandas Gandhi. Following the theme of his
study about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy,
Mr. Douglass shows how the people who conspired to kill Gandhi hoped
to destroy a compelling vision of peace, nonviolence and reconciliation.

By tracing
the story of Gandhi’s early “experiments with truth” in
South Africa, Mr. Douglass shows how Gandhi confronted and overcame
the fear of death. He also explains why, as with the case of JFK’s
death, this story matters today and what can be learned from Gandhi’s
truth and its opposition to the powers of his time.

Mr. Douglass
is a scholar and peace activist. His book about the JFK assassination
is widely acclaimed by historians and political scientists as one
of the most important books written about the subject. Gandhi
and the Unspeakable, according to Publisher’s Weekly,
“provides readers with a slim, elegant volume containing explosive
insight into who conspired to assassinate the father of modern nonviolence
and why.”

April
17, 2012