Discussing the significant issue of independent India’s foreign policy—characterized by the non-alignment principle and the establishment of relations with the United States, Britain, the Soviet Union and China—Sahgal reveals much about Nehru’s political astuteness, realism and aversion to rigid economic doctrines, as well as the profound impact India’s non-aligned policy had on the world of that time. Perceptive, original and stimulating, Jawaharlal Nehru draws much-needed attention back to the man and his unmatched ability to engineer a consensus among seemingly irreconcilable sides.