Securing the Indian Frontier in Central Asia : Confrontation and Negotiation, 1865-1895.
Throughout the nineteenth century, Central Asia was the scene of periodic confrontations between Britain and Russia. This title provides a 'history of thought' of this crucial period in Central Asia by examining of the strategic thinking and diplomatic discourse of the most intense decades...
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| Language: | English |
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Hoboken :
Taylor & Francis,
2010.
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| Series: | Central Asian studies.
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Table of Contents:
- Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Maps; Introduction; 1 Prelude; 2 Russia and the Central Asian Khanates; 3 The British Debate; 4 Anglo-Russian Negotiations, 186573; 5 The Agreement of 1873; 6 Kashgar; 7 The Revival of the 'Forward Policy'; 8 The 'Forward Policy' Enforced; 9 War with Afghanistan; 10 The Seizure of Merv; 11 The Panjdeh Crisis; 12 The Settlement of the Western Frontier; 13 The Erosion of the 1873 Agreement; 14 Confrontation in the Pamirs; 15 The Consolidation of Dardistan; 16 The Pamirs Settlement; 17 Epilogue; Appendix 1 The Gorchakov Memorandum of 1864.
- Appendix 2 The Anglo-Russian Agreement of 1873Appendix 3 The Gorchakov Memorandum of 1875; Appendix 4 The Western Frontier Protocol of 1885; Appendix 5 Col. Ridgeway's Report on the Western Frontier, 1887; Appendix 6 The 'Durand Agreement' of November 1893; Appendix 7 The Pamirs Agreement of 1895; Notes; Select bibliography; Index.