The Darker Nations restores to memory the vibrant though flawed idea of the Third World, whose demise, Prashad ultimately argues, has produced a much impoverished international political arena. A breakthrough book of cutting-edge scholarship, it includes vivid portraits of Third World giants like Jawaharlal Nehru, Egypt's Nasser, and Indonesia's Sukarno-as well as scores of extraordinary but now-forgotten intellectuals, artists, and freedom fighters. The Darker Nations 9781565847859, 9781620977651 VitalSource The Darker Nations A Peoples History of the Third World An Error Occurred Author (s) Vijay Prashad Publisher The New Press Format Reflowable Whats This Print ISBN 9781565847859, 1565847857 eText ISBN 9781620977651, 1620977656 19. Traversing continents, Vijay Prashad's fascinating narrative takes us from the birth of postcolonial nations after World War II to the downfall and corruption of nationalist regimes. The Darker Nations traces the intellectual origins and the political history of the attempt to knit together the world's impoverished countries in opposition to the United States and Soviet spheres of influence in the decades following World War II, as nation after nation across Asia, Africa and South America gained political independence from colonial rule. " This book is a paradigm-shifting history of both a utopian concept and global movement-the idea of the Third World. "The Third World was not a place," argues Vijay Prashad.
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