First Anglo-Afghan Wars

Antoinette Burton (Editor); Andrew J. Bacevich (Foreword)

Description

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. The documents, each of which is preceded by a brief introduction, bring the nineteenth-century wars alive through the opinions of those who participated in or lived through the conflicts. They portray the struggle for control of the region from the perspectives of women and non-Westerners, as well as well-known figures including Kipling and Churchill. Filled with military and civilian voices, the collection clearly demonstrates the challenges that Central Asia posed to powers attempting to secure and claim the region. It is a cautionary tale, unheeded by Western powers in the post-9/11 era. 

Sujets

• Histoire
• Afganistán
• Military history
• History of the Middle East
• History of Asia
• Central Asia
• British Isles
• Afghanistan

Informations

• Publié par: Duke University Press
• Date de parution: 24 juin 2014
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780822376699
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

Extrait

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Contents

Fôéwôd,Andrew J. Bacevich x Açkôwédgméŝ x

 ôûçô: é Āô-Āà àŝ  ŝôçà éŝéçé1

 Part I Strategic Interests on the Road to Kabul 15  1.A skéç ô é Mày àd Pôçà Pôwé ô Rûŝŝà(1817), Robert Wilson17  2.Jôûéy ô é Nô ô ïdà(1838), Arthur Conolly24  3.é Çôû àd Çàm ô Rûjéé sg(1840), W. G. Osborne35  4.A Nààvé ô é Rûŝŝà Mày Exédô ô Kvà, ûdé Gééà Péôŝk(1839)39

 Part II The First Anglo-Afghan War, 1839–1842: Occupation, Route, Defeat, Captivity 43  5.Nààvé ô é Wà  Afgàŝà(1840), Henry Havelock45  6.ô Héà àd Çàû: A sôy ô é Fŝ Agà Wà(1902), G. A. Henty57  7.A Jôûà ô Dŝàŝéŝ  Afgàŝà(1843), Florentia Sale75  8. “Éŝ Çàéŝ à Çàû” (1843)86  9.é é ô é Am Dôŝ Môàmméd Kà(1846), Mohan Lal105  10.é Agà Wàŝ(1896), Archibald Forbes118

Part III The Second Anglo-Afghan War, 1878–1880: Imperial Insecurities, Global Stakes 127  11.Ççûà” (1864) “ôçàô 129  12. “é ûŝŝà ôé ôç  Āŝà” (1877), Eugene Schuyler131  13. “é Āà à: Ā éçûé” (1878), Handel Cossham144  14. “Āàŝà à ŝ éôéŝ” (1878) à “Āà ôé à Çé” (1880)155  15. “à à Āàŝà” (1879), R. D. Osborn161  16.é ô séçàô: “é àûé ô é Āà à,” “é ŝàŝé  Çààà,” “Āûàà à,” “é ŝ éŝŝô ô Çààà,” “é ûôû ô Çàû,” à “é éà ô Āûàà à”175

Çôéŝ /vii

Part IV The Great Game, 1880–1919 189  17.Rûŝŝà  Çéà Aŝà(1889), George Nathaniel Curzon191  18.Ā’ŝ ô” (1891), Rudyard Kipling “é 198  19.é é ô Adû Ràmà, Am ô Agàŝà(1900) à “é Āéé’ŝ éôŝ” (1900), Mohammed Khan, editor, and theSpectator201  20.é Rûŝŝàŝ à é Gàéŝ ô Héà(1885), Charles Marvin210  21.é Çàmàg ôwàdŝ Agàŝà(1885), Andrei Bolandin217  22.é sôy ô é Mààkàd Féd Fôçé(1901), Winston Churchill222  23.à ôé ôûéŝ,” “é é Gàç(1897)233  24.é Jûdgmé ô é swôd(1913), Maud Diver234  25. “Ôû éàôŝ  Āàŝà” (1919), Demetrius C. Boulger245  26. “ Āà à” (1919)251

sééçéd Bôgày ô séçôdày sôûçéŝ 255 Ré Açkôwédgméŝ 257 ïdéx 259

Foreword

Andrew J. Bacevich

“ŝô,” à à éûé éàé, “ôéŝ ô ééà ŝé, û  ôéŝ é.” ô à ŝûé ô é-îŝ-çéû Āéçà àŝ  é ŝô-çàé éàé é Éàŝ, ŝ éŝé ŝûçé çôéçô ô ôçûéŝ éà ô ŝ àŝ  ééé- çéû Āàŝà ŝééŝ ô àï à’ŝ àôûŝ çû. éé àŝ à ûŝàé àŝ, éà ô ôé ŝûçô. éé àŝ à àà, ôû, ŝŝé, ûŝààé.   é àçéçŝ ô U.Ś. ôç àTé 9 / 11 ŝô ŝô é ééŝ  éXà à àŝ?  éé é éà ô ŝô’ŝ àŝ? ôçàéŝ  é àé ô éôé . ûŝ ôé é ŝ éXééçé  Āàŝà ô éçŝé é ŝàé éàŝô à ôç- àéŝ  é àé ô jô . éé à ô jôŝô ôé é éç éXééçé  éà: éŝûàé à Āéçà’ŝ ôéŝ àé éé éé—ôé ééé, é—U.Ś. ôçàéŝ ééé à é éXééçé ô ôéŝ à ô ô éàç. ĀTé à, ûé é Éûôéà éà ôéŝ, é U.Ś. Ā îŝ ô ô ôàé ô éXô, à çéà ô ô çôôé, û ô éàé à ûT. ûé  ŝ çôçô ô Āéçà ŝûà, ôŝé é ôé  àŝ- ô ééç ôû ô à é ôŝŝ à ôéŝ  çôŝûé U.Ś. ôç àŝ à àà ô éàŝ. Yé  ŝ éàŝ, ôéé ûç U.Ś. ôïçàŝ à ôà Āéçàŝ ŝŝ ôéŝé. é “ôà éàéŝ” à é Ué Śàéŝ ûôŝ ô éXéçŝé ŝ é ôé à à éûéŝ ôémé. Āŝ  ôŝ éûéŝŝ, ŝ ûôŝé ŝ ô çôçéà. Āàŝ,  éô , é ŝûççéé çé  çôûŝ ôûŝééŝ.  é ŝû ôûçô ô ŝ ôûé, Āôéé ûô ôéŝ à ŝ ççŝ ô é Āô-Āà àŝ éé ô é “àà éé àŝ é éé ôéé.” éŝé ççŝ çôû ô ŝéé à é àŝ é ôôŝé éé à éàé ôûô ô éà àôŝ ô ç é àé àç àôà. ûç é ŝàé çà é ŝà àôû ççŝ ô U.Ś. ôç  ôû ô à. é àŝ à àé éXéé àçôŝŝ é àŝ éçàé çôà é ôûà. Éé ô é ôçà , é- ûŝàŝ ô à à ôççû çôûéŝ àŝ àé. Ô é éT,  àŝ àŝé àô- éé. Yé é ôçà àŝéà, éûçà à éôçàç àé, éàŝ çôé ô é ôôŝô à ôéçé àŝ ŝûôé é Ué Śàéŝ ô éà é ô, é- ŝûà û é é ô é.