In 1935 there was the invasion of Abyssinia; in 1936 Spain was attacked; in 1937 China was invaded afresh; in 1938 Austria was invaded and removed from the map by Nazi Germany, and Czechoslovakia was broken up and reduced to vassalage. Each year has brought its full crop of disaster; what of 1939 on whose threshold we stand? What will it bring to us and to the world?
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First published in two volumes by Kitabistan, Allahabad 1934–35
Published by Jawaharlal Nehru Memorial Fund, Teen Murti House, New Delhi 1982
This edition first published by Penguin Books India 2004
Copyright © Sonia Gandhi 2004
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