03652oam 2200697I 450 991045935690332120200520144314.01-136-99536-61-136-99537-41-282-58965-297866125896520-203-85512-410.4324/9780203855126 (CKB)2670000000014964(EBL)515372(OCoLC)609863245(SSID)ssj0000365680(PQKBManifestationID)12080272(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365680(PQKBWorkID)10413940(PQKB)10929826(MiAaPQ)EBC515372(Au-PeEL)EBL515372(CaPaEBR)ebr10382572(CaONFJC)MIL258965(OCoLC)649397521(EXLCZ)99267000000001496420180706d2010 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrSecuring the Indian frontier in Central Asia confrontation and negotiation, 1865-95 /Martin EwansAbingdon, Oxon ;New York :Routledge,2010.1 online resource (209 p.)Central Asian studies series ;23Description based upon print version of record.0-415-62746-X 0-415-49681-0 Includes bibliographical references and index.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 1864Appendix 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; IndexThe 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 wholeCentral Asian studies series ;23.GeopoliticsAsia, CentralHistory19th centuryAsia, CentralHistory19th centuryAsia, CentralBoundariesGreat BritainForeign relationsRussiaRussiaForeign relationsGreat BritainElectronic books.GeopoliticsHistory954.03/5Ewans MartinSir,1928-,857819MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910459356903321Securing the Indian frontier in Central Asia1915391UNINA