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Record Nr.

UNINA9910459356903321

Autore

Ewans Martin, Sir, <1928-, >

Titolo

Securing the Indian frontier in Central Asia : confrontation and negotiation, 1865-95 / / Martin Ewans

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010

ISBN

1-136-99536-6

1-136-99537-4

1-282-58965-2

9786612589652

0-203-85512-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (209 p.)

Collana

Central Asian studies series ; ; 23

Disciplina

954.03/5

Soggetti

Geopolitics - Asia, Central - History - 19th century

Electronic books.

Asia, Central History 19th century

Asia, Central Boundaries

Great Britain Foreign relations Russia

Russia Foreign relations Great Britain

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Maps; Introduction; 1 Prelude; 2 Russia and the Central Asian Khanates; 3 The British Debate; 4 Anglo-Russian Negotiations, 1865-73; 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

Sommario/riassunto

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