Thunder in the East (1950)

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At the end of the Second World War, Asia was in a critical political juncture as former colonial powers vied for supremacy with new forces such as emerging democracies and the encroachment of Communist occupations. As leaders such as Mahatma Gandhi and Jawaharlal Nehru created a new peaceful and democratic India, elsewhere, other nations struggled with not only creating political and economic stability but also on how to provide the staples of life for millions living in impoverished conditions that existed in postwar Asia. The All-Asia Conference of 1947 for the first time had representatives from 2/3 of the world's population coming…

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