The First Anglo-Afghan Wars : a reader / Antoinette Burton, editor ; with a foreword by Andrew J. Bacevich.
Designed for classroom use, The First Anglo-Afghan Wars gathers in one volume primary source materials related to the first two wars that Great Britain launched against native leaders of the Afghan region. From 1839 to 1842, and again from 1878 to 1880, Britain fought to expand its empire and preven...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Durham ; London :
Duke University Press,
2014.
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| Summary: | Designed for classroom use, The First Anglo-Afghan Wars gathers in one volume primary source materials related to the first two wars that Great Britain launched against native leaders of the Afghan region. From 1839 to 1842, and again from 1878 to 1880, Britain fought to expand its empire and prevent Russian expansion into the region's northwest frontier, which was considered the gateway to India, the jewel in Victorian Britain's imperial crown. Spanning from 1817 to 1919, the selections reflect the complex national, international, and anticolonial interests entangled in Central Asia at the time. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (x, 272 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780822376699 0822376695 |
| DOI: | 10.1215/9780822376699 |