Securing the Indian Frontier in Central Asia : Confrontation and Negotiation, 1865-1895

ISBN-13: 9780415627467 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 208 str.

Martin Ewans

Opis

Throughout the 19th century, Central Asia was the scene of periodic confrontations between Britain and Russia. Martin Ewans provides a 'history of thought' of this crucial period in Central Asia by examining the strategic thinking and diplomatic discourse of the most intense decades of the confrontation.

Spis treści

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

O autorze

Sir Martin Ewans is a former diplomat, who in the course of his career was closely concerned with Central Asian and South Asian affairs, including postings in India, Pakistan and Afghanistan. Since retiring, he has written a number of books, including two on Afghanistan.