Dr. D C Gupta obtained his MA degree in Political Science from the University of Allahabad in 1951 and ever since then he has been in the teaching profession. For most of the time has been in Delhi University and presently also he is there. During 1965 and 1969 he was deputed by the Ministry of External Affairs, Government of India, to teach at the Tribhuvan University under the Colombo Plan. Dr. Gupta has written six books including the present one and each of them was appreciably received by the readers. "