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

• Autore: Ewans Martin, Sir, <1928-, >
• Pubblicazione: Abingdon, Oxon ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2010
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (209 p.)
• Disciplina: 954.03/5
• Soggetto topico: Geopolitics - Asia, Central - History - 19th century
• Soggetto geografico: Asia, Central History 19th century; Asia, Central Boundaries; Great Britain Foreign relations Russia; Russia Foreign relations Great Britain
• 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
• Titolo autorizzato: Securing the Indian frontier in Central Asia
• ISBN: 1-136-99536-6; 1-136-99537-4; 1-282-58965-2; 9786612589652; 0-203-85512-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910792417003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Central Asian studies series ; ; 23.