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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Asia, Central
ISBN : OCLC:922015663
Author : Martin Ewans
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136995361
The three decades between 1865 and 1895 marked a particularly contentious period in the relationship between Britain and Russia in Central Asia, which more than once brought them to the verge of war. Moderates tried to settle the problem by the negotiation of ‘neutral zones’, or firm boundaries, but the issue was complicated by misreading of intentions, much internal confusion and dispute, and considerable ignorance of the geographical and geopolitical factors involved. This careful and detailed analysis examines the strategic thinking and diplomatic discourse which underlay the whole period, and in particular of the succession of efforts to establish a frontier, which eventually brought the period to a close without a major confrontation being provoked. Based on relevant records in the PRO and the British Library, as well as private papers, press comment, parliamentary debates and other contemporary accounts, Sir Martin Ewans provides a ‘history of thought' of this crucial period in Central Asia. He provides an insight into the manner in which issues of war and peace were handled in the 19th Century and a fascinating case study of a great power relationship prior to the First World War. An important contribution to the study of Asian history, Tsarist Russia, imperial history and the history of British India, this book will also be of interest in India and Pakistan as a study of the events that led to the definition and consolidation of their northern frontiers.
Author : Sir John Adye
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 86 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1897
Category : Afghan Wars
ISBN : NYPL:33433082437561
Author : Sir Henry Rodes Green (Major-General.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 38 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Asia, Central
ISBN : NLS:V000586427
Author : John Miller Adye
Publisher : Hardpress Publishing
Page : 48 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2010-01
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 1407641417
Author : John Adye
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 52 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2017-06-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1548268208
CHAPTER I EVENTS PRIOR TO, AND INCLUDING, FIRST AFGHAN WAR OF 1839-41 Proposed Invasion of India by Napoleon I.-Mission of Burnes to Cabul-Its Failure-Hostility of Russia and Persia-First Afghan War, 1839-41-Its Vicissitudes and Collapse. In considering the important and somewhat intricate subject of policy on the North-Western frontier of our Indian Empire it will be desirable, in the first place, to give a concise history of the events which have guided our action, and which for many years past have exercised a predominating influence in that part of our Eastern dominion. Speaking generally, it may, I think, be said that the main features of our policy on the North-Western frontier have been determined by the gradual advance of Russia southwards, and partly also by the turbulent character of the people of Afghanistan, and of the independent tribes who inhabit the great region of mountains which lie between Russia and ourselves. These two circumstances-the first having been the most powerful-have led us into great wars and frontier expeditions, which as a rule have been costly, and in some cases unjust, and their consequences have not tended to strengthen our position either on the frontier or in India itself. It will be well therefore to give an outline of the Russian conquests in Central Asia to the north of Afghanistan, and also of our dealings with the rulers of Cabul in bygone years, and we shall then be better able to judge of our present position, and to determine the principles which should guide our North-Western frontier policy. One of the first threats of invasion of India early in the century was planned at Tilsit, and is thus described by Kaye: [Footnote: History of the War in Afghanistan] 'Whilst the followers of Alexander and Napoleon were abandoning themselves to convivial pleasures, those monarchs were spending quiet evenings together discussing their future plans, and projecting joint schemes of conquest. It was then that they meditated the invasion of Hindostan by a confederate army uniting on the plains of Persia; and no secret was made of the intention of the two great European potentates to commence in the following spring a hostile demonstration-Contre les possessions de la compagnie des Indes.' The peril, however, was averted by a treaty at Teheran in March 1809, in which the Shah of Persia covenanted not to permit any European force whatever to pass through Persia towards India, or towards the ports of that country. And so the visionary danger passed away. The old southern boundary of Russia in Central Asia extended from the north of the Caspian by Orenburg and Orsk, across to the old Mongolian city of Semipalatinsk, and was guarded by a cordon of forts and Cossack outposts. It was about 2,000 miles in length, and [Footnote: Quarterly Review, Oct. 1865.] 'abutted on the great Kirghis Steppe, and to a certain extent controlled the tribes pasturing in the vicinity, but by no means established the hold of Russia on that pathless, and for the most part lifeless, waste.' During all the earlier years of the century, while we were establishing our power in India, constant intrigues and wars occurred in Persia, Afghanistan, and Central Asia; and rumours were occasionally heard of threats against ourselves, which formed the subject of diplomatic treatment from time to time; but in reality the scene was so distant that our interests were not seriously affected, and it was not until 1836 that they began to exercise a powerful influence as regards our policy on the North-West frontier....
Author : Christoph Baumer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 1568 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-04-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9781838608675
This set includes all four volumes of the critically acclaimed History of Central Asia series. The epic plains and arid deserts of Central Asia have witnessed some of the greatest migrations, as well as many of the most transformative developments, in the history of civilization. Christoph Baumer's ambitious four-volume treatment of the region charts the 3000-year drama of Scythians and Sarmatians; Soviets and transcontinental Silk Roads; trade routes and the transmission of ideas across the steppes; and the breathless and brutal conquests of Alexander the Great and Chinghiz Khan. Masterfully interweaving the stories of individuals and peoples, the author's engaging prose is richly augmented throughout by colour photographs taken on his own travels. This set includes The Age of the Steppe Warriors (Volume 1), The Age of the Silk Roads (Volume 2), The Age of Islam and the Mongols (Volume 3) and The Age of Decline and Revival (Volume 4)
Author : George Curzon
Publisher : OUP Pakistan
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2012-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0199063575
An admirable exegesis of the Pamir region's strategic importance to both Britain's Indian Empire and Russia, On the Indian Frontier is an account of a trek through the Pamirs in 1894, by a future Viceroy of India. It describes the social and political structure of these mountain fiefdoms in rich and dazzling detail.
Author : Demetrius Charles Boulger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 452 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Asia
ISBN : HARVARD:HNZWGP
Author : Arminius Vambery
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 396 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2008-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1436991838
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Author : Kaushik Roy
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 336 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2015-02-12
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780199089444
This monograph analyses the rhythms of war and the geopolitical significance of Afghanistan with a focus on the interrelated concepts of weak/rentier state, great power rivalry, and counter-insurgency. It analyses why the Mughals, the British, the Soviets, and the Americans won the conventional wars in Afghanistan but were defeated in the unconventional ones. It takes a comprehensive view of the history of the region and provides a political and military narrative of conventional and unconventional war in Afghanistan during the last five centuries. It, therefore, covers wide ranging aspects such as empire building and military operations in Afghanistan in the pre-modern period, regular and irregular warfare in Afghanistan during the British era, the Russian intervention and the emergence of the fragile 'rentier state' after the world war, and the American and NATO activities and the nature of on-going war in light of the recent debates on the changing character of war in the twenty-first century. With a special emphasis on ecology, terrain, and logistics, this book explores the trajectory of state building and contextualizes the Afghan 'problem' as part of the wider struggle among the great powers for controlling the 'heart' of Eurasia.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : ICON Group International
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Anonim
Publisher : ICON Group International
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX
Author : Colquhoun
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 274 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1900
Category : Asia, Central
ISBN : UCAL:$B671671
Author : Ármin Vámbéry
Publisher : Wentworth Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1012953688
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