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Ewans, Martin - Securing the Indian Frontier In Central Asia

Securing the Indian Frontier In Central Asia

By: Ewans, Martin (Author). Taylor & Francis Ltd. Published: 05/04/2010. Audience Guide: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly.
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Throughout the nineteenth century, Central Asia was the scene of periodic confrontations between Britain and Russia. These caused serious concern and heightened emotions in both countries, resulting in prolonged tensions between the two empires. Moderates tried to settle the problem by the negotiation of 'neutral zones', or firm boundaries, but the issue was bedevilled by considerable ignorance of the geographical realities of the region, and still more by inconsistency of policy, mutual mistrust and lack of judgement of the true intentions of the opposing party.

This book is a careful and detailed analysis of the most intense and important decades of the whole century in the region. The author examines of 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.

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ISBN10/13: 0415496810/9780415496810
TITLE: Securing the Indian Frontier in Central Asia
CONTRIBUTORS: Ewans, Martin (Author)
IMPRINT: Routledge
PUBLISHER: Taylor & Francis Ltd
FORMAT: Hardback
PUBLICATION DATE: 05/04/2010
SUBJECT: History, Asian & Middle Eastern
DIMENSIONS (Width x Height): 156mm x 234mm
PAGES: 208
AUDIENCE GUIDE: Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
ILLUSTRATIONS: 11 black & white illustrations, 11 black & white line drawings
CONTENTS:

Introduction 1. Prelude 2. Russia and the Central Asian Khanates 3. The British Debate 4. Anglo-Russian Negotiations, 1865-1873 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 Pandjeh 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 1973 Appendix 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 1893 Appendix 7: The Pamirs Agreement of 1895