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Synopsis On the night of 16-17 January 1941, Subhas Chandra Bose secretly left his Elgin Road home Calcutta and was driven by his nephew, Sisir, in a car up to Gomoh Railway junction in Bihar. Two years later, in February 1943, Bose set out on a perilous submarine journey from Europe to Asia. Between these two journeys lies perhaps the most difficult , daring and controversial phase in the life of India's foremost anti-colonial revolutionary. His writings and broadcasts of this period cover a broad range of topics: the Second World War, India in the context of war, plans for a final armed assault against British rule in India, criticism of Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union, the role of Japan in East and Southeast Asia, the reasons for rejecting the Cripps offer of 1942, and support for Mahatma Gandhi and the quit India movement. This volume is indispensable for all interested in modern South Asian history and politics, as well as nationalism and international relations in the twentieth century.