{"product_id":"let-my-country-awake-indian-revolutionaries-in-america-and-the-fight-to-overthrow-the-british-raj-hardcover","title":"Let My Country Awake: Indian Revolutionaries in America and the Fight to Overthrow the British Raj - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eScott Miller\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"[Miller] plunges into his tale with gusto . . . [\u003ci\u003eLet My Country Awake \u003c\/i\u003eis] never less than fascinating.\" --Tunku Varadarajan, \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Propulsive . . . A thrilling excavation of a forgotten revolutionary moment in American and world history.\" --\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e(starred review)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe true story of an audacious international movement to liberate India from colonial rule during World War I. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eWANTED: Brave soldiers to stir up revolt in India;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eREMUNERATIONS: Death;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePRIZE: Martyrdom;\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePENSION: Freedom\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn November 1913, a recruitment notice appeared in the first issue of an underground newspaper in San Francisco, the \u003ci\u003eHindustan Ghadar\u003c\/i\u003e. The paper was founded by a charismatic anarchist from India named Har Dayal with the help of a group of Indian students at the University of California, Berkeley. Under the leadership of Dayal and fellow radical Sohan Singh Bhakna, this group hatched an audacious plan to put their words into action: they would convince other Indians, many of them Sikh lumber workers and farmhands on the west coasts of the United States and Canada, to launch a violent insurrection against the British Raj. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Ghadar movement, as it came to be known, eventually mounted the most significant challenge to British colonial rule until the rise of Mohandas Gandhi. It recruited thousands of supporters via its newspaper, and sent hundreds of freedom fighters across the Pacific in attempts to smuggle guns and seditious literature into India--an effort abetted by spies working for the German government, which was keen to undermine the British during World War I. All the while, the Ghadar movement was being tracked by Britain's intelligence service, which eventually convinced the US government to crack down on the organization's leaders. This led to one of the biggest conspiracy trials in American history, culminating in a courtroom gun battle that shocked a nation already roiled by suspicion of immigrants. Scott Miller's \u003ci\u003eLet My Country Awake \u003c\/i\u003edelivers a new account of this overlooked moment in Indian--and American--history, offering a fresh perspective on the struggle against colonialism in the twentieth century.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eScott Miller\u003c\/b\u003e is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe President and the Assassin: McKinley, Terror, and Empire at the Dawn of the American Century\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eAgent 110: An American Spymaster and the German Resistance in WWII\u003c\/i\u003e. Formerly a foreign correspondent for \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, he reported from more than twenty-five countries in Asia and Europe. He has been a contributor to CNBC and Britain's Sky News and has appeared on \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Show \u003c\/i\u003ewith Jon Stewart. Miller holds a master of philosophy degree in international relations from the University of Cambridge. He lives in Seattle with his wife and their Labrador retriever, Lucy, and enjoys visiting his daughters, wherever in the world they may be.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 368\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.22 x 6.18 x 9.19 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 28, 2025\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55297200423245,"sku":"9780374609672","price":30.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0927\/3304\/7117\/files\/1rW_Ia3TLQ9780374609672.webp?v=1793947818","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.us\/products\/let-my-country-awake-indian-revolutionaries-in-america-and-the-fight-to-overthrow-the-british-raj-hardcover","provider":"belfastbooks.us","version":"1.0","type":"link"}