Afghanistan and the Defence of Empire : Diplomacy and Strategy During the Great Game.
Başlık:
Afghanistan and the Defence of Empire : Diplomacy and Strategy During the Great Game.
Yazar:
Wyatt, Christopher M.
ISBN:
9780857718709
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Basım Bilgisi:
1st ed.
Fiziksel Tanımlama:
1 online resource (341 pages)
Seri:
International Library of Twentieth Century History
İçerik:
Cover -- Contents -- List of Maps -- Preface -- Note on Spelling -- Introduction -- 1. The Problem of Herat -- The Vulnerability of Herat and Afghan Turkestan -- Russian Attempts to Secure Direct Relations: 1903 -- The Northern Afghan Frontier and the Dobbs Mission to Herat -- 2. Events in Russian Central Asia and thier Relevance to Afghanistan -- Russian Railways and Rumours of Military Preperations -- Planning for War in Afghanistan -- 3. British Strategic Considerations and the Committee of Imperial Defence, 1903-05 -- Forward Defence and the Tribes -- Reform and Reinforcements -- Railways and Logistics -- 4. The Dane Mission to Kabul and the Treaty of the Mole -- Negotiating the Treaty -- The Reaction to the Treaty -- 5. Morley's Sub-Committee and Strategic Planning 1906-07 -- Military Planning to 1907 -- The Morley Sub-Committee -- 6. A Diplomatic Defence of India -- Plans, Overtures and the Search for an Agreement -- The Entente Secured -- The Reception of the Anglo-Russian Convention -- The Jamshedi Crises -- The Problems of Turkey, Jihad and the Niedermayer-Hentig Mission -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Appendix 1 -- Appendix 2 -- Appendix 3 -- Appendix 4 -- Appendix 5 -- Appendix 6 -- Appendix 7 -- Dramatis Personae -- Sources and Bibliography -- Index.
Özet:
At the height of the 'Great Game' in Central Asia, in the aftermath of the Second Afghan War and in the run up to World War I, the region of Afghanistan became particularly significant for both Great Britain and Russia. Afghanistan and the Defence of Empire explores the relationship between British and Afghan rulers, during the crucial period of the reign of Amir Habibullah Khan, as the British sought to safeguard their Indian Empire from the threat of Imperial Russia. With Russia's defeat at the hands of the Japanese in 1905 and the rise of Germany as a superpower, the need to end the rivalry took on the utmost importance: efforts which culminated in the signing of the Anglo-Russian Convention in 1907. As the history of Afghanistan becomes ever more crucial for the understanding of its present military and political situation, this book will be of vital interest for students of History, Central Asian Studies, Military History and International Relations. 'Anyone who is engaged in British empire studies needs to understand British India; with it, the fear of its loss; and with that, the centrality of the "Great Game". Christopher M. Wyatt's book powerfully explains the dynamics of that Game at a most crucial time in Imperial, and world, history. The tale is told with precision and clarity; it covers a vital moment in the life (and death) of the British and Russian empires; and it speaks to a moment that is still important today, as contemporary struggles in Afghanistan again have a global prominence, and are understood locally in the context of narratives about Afghan struggles. - Stuart Croft, Professor of International Security, University of Warwick.
Notlar:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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