The first of these two graduate-level essays examines why Mohandas Gandhi, despite having neither an army nor a formal title, was able to turn a small independence movement into a massive campaign that eventually forced the British to agree to India’s Independence. The author discusses Gandhi’s personal qualities and presents examples of why Gandhi succeeded. In the second essay, the author discusses why Gandhi’s non-violence, non-cooperation campaign was a key to India’s ultimate success in gaining Independence from the British without a costly war, and explains why this type of civil disobedience tactic is still effective today.
