The Great Game Britain and Russia in Central Asia Vol. 1 Documents
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2004
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Tag hinzufügen | Beschreibung: | Enth.: Introduction. - 1. A request for advice on how best to counter a possible invasion from Zaman Shah of Afghanistan / The Earl of Mornington [1798]. - 2. An adumbration of a 'forward policy' in dealing with a threat from the Northwest / General Craig [1798]. - 3. An assessment of the French threat to India / Henry Dundas [1798]. - 4. An assessment of the possibility of a Russian invasion of India / John Malcolm [1801]. - 5. A view of the political relations of Russia during the reign of Tsar Paul I / Count F. V. Rostopchin [1800]. - 6. Orders for an invasion of India / Tsar Paul I [1801]. - 7. The British Minister in Baghdad warns of the possibility of a joint Franco-Russian invasion of India / Harford Jones [1802]. - 8. Orders to the Head of a French Mission to Persia / Napoleon Bonaparte [1807]. - 9. An assessment of the combined Franco-Russian threat to India following the Treaty of Tilsit / The Secret Committee of the Court of Directors, East India Company [1807]. - 10. Reports of Russian agents in Ladakh, Kashgar and Bokhara, 1812-1824 / William Moorcroft [1821-1825]. - 11. A review of Russian policy towards Central Asia / G. S. Vinskii [1818]. - 12. The Board of Control of the East India Company expresses concern to the Governor General about Russian designs in Central Asia / Lord Ellenborough [1830]. - 13. H. M. Ambassador at St. Petersburg advises that he sees no prospect of Russia being able to march an army to India / Lord Heytesbury [1830]. - 14. Advice on the likelihood of a Russian invasion of India / C. E. Trevelyan and Arthur Connolly [1831]. - 15. The Secret Committee of the East India Company's Board of Control prompts and authorizes the Governor-General to initiate the First Anglo-Afghan War / The Secret Committee of the Court of Directors, East India Company [1836]. - 16. The Governor-General gives his reasons for the invasion of Afghanistan / Lord Auckland [1838]. - 17. An account of Shakespear's mission to Khiva [1840] / Richmond Shakespear [1842]. - 18. An argument against the 'forward policy' and observation of the vulnerability of the British position in India / Charles Metcalfe [1830-1833] |
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| Beschreibung: | IX, 142 S |
| ISBN: | 0415316391 0-415-31639-1 |