"Bhagavan has done a splendid job weaving sound research, interesting details and good writing to create a fine history of post-Independence India."

"For the last two decades, as India reformulated its engagement with the world to take into account both its growing international clout as well as the end of the Cold War, a key issue has been the foundations on which this reformulation should rest....Manu Bhagavan’s deeply researched and well-written account injects a necessary dose of substance into a question that has hitherto been debated more on faith than knowledge."

"Priceless book on India's visionary role in global affairs."

"Meticulously researched and lucidly written, Manu Bhagavan's The Peacemakers resuscitates the Gandhi-Nehru ideal of 'One World' that has, over the last 50 years, been dismissed by policy makers and that political establishment as an idea that had outgrown its relevance."

"The Peacemakers is a heartfelt tribute to India’s founding fathers and mothers, who helped create a global organisation that embodied their ideals – and that could hold the feet of their successors to the fire."