An Introduction to India

Stanley Wolpert (born December 23, 1927) is an American academic, Indologist, and author considered one of the world's foremost authorities[1] on the political and intellectual history of modern India and Pakistan[2] and has written fiction and nonfiction books on the topics. He taught at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1959-2002.[3]

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Non-fiction/

Tilak and Gokhale : Revolution and Reform in the Making of Modern India (1962)

Morley and India, 1906-1910 (1967)

A New History of India (1977, 1982, 1989, 1993, 1997, 2000, 2004, 2008)

Roots of Confrontation in South Asia : Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and the Superpowers (1982)

Jinnah of Pakistan (1984)

Congress and Indian Nationalism : The Pre-Independence Phase (co-edited with Richard Sisson) (1988)

India (1991)

Zulfi Bhutto of Pakistan : His Life and Times (1993)

Nehru : A Tryst With Destiny (1996)

Gandhi's Passion : The Life and the Legacy of Mahatma Gandhi (2001)

Encyclopedia of India (editor) (2005)

Shameful Flight:The Last Years of British Empire in India (2006)

India and Pakistan: Continued Conflict or Cooperation (2010)

Fiction/

Aboard the Flying Swan (1954)

Nine Hours to Rama (1962)

The Expedition: A Novel (1967)

An Error of Judgment (1970)

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