LEADER 03768oam 2200733I 450 001 9910968341303321 005 20251116234823.0 010 $a1-136-99536-6 010 $a1-136-99537-4 010 $a1-282-58965-2 010 $a9786612589652 010 $a0-203-85512-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203855126 035 $a(CKB)2670000000014964 035 $a(EBL)515372 035 $a(OCoLC)609863245 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000365680 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12080272 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000365680 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10413940 035 $a(PQKB)10929826 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC515372 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL515372 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10382572 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL258965 035 $a(OCoLC)649397521 035 $a(OCoLC)712989447 035 $a(FINmELB)ELB159748 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000014964 100 $a20180706d2010 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aSecuring the Indian frontier in Central Asia $econfrontation and negotiation, 1865-95 /$fMartin Ewans 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2010 210 1$aAbingdon, Oxon ;$aNew York :$cRoutledge,$d2010. 215 $a1 online resource (209 p.) 225 1 $aCentral Asian studies series ;$v23 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-415-62746-X 311 08$a0-415-49681-0 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $aBook 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 327 $aAppendix 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 330 $aThe three decades between 1865 and 1895 marked a particularly contentious period in the relationship between Britain and Russia in Central Asia, which more than once brought them to the verge of war. Moderates tried to settle the problem by the negotiation of 'neutral zones', or firm boundaries, but the issue was complicated by misreading of intentions, much internal confusion and dispute, and considerable ignorance of the geographical and geopolitical factors involved.This careful and detailed analysis examines the strategic thinking and diplomatic discourse which underlay the whole 410 0$aCentral Asian studies series ;$v23. 606 $aGeopolitics$zAsia, Central$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aAsia, Central$xHistory$y19th century 607 $aAsia, Central$xBoundaries 607 $aGreat Britain$xForeign relations$zRussia 607 $aRussia$xForeign relations$zGreat Britain 615 0$aGeopolitics$xHistory 676 $a954.03/5 700 $aEwans$b Martin$cSir,$f1928-,$01880251 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910968341303321 996 $aSecuring the Indian frontier in Central Asia$94494119 997 $aUNINA