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The First Anglo-Afghan Wars: A Reader
Antoinette Burton
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Description for The First Anglo-Afghan Wars: A Reader
Hardback. Designed for classroom use, this book gathers in one volume primary source materials related to the first two wars that Great Britain launched against native leaders of the Afghan region. It is a cautionary tale, unheeded by Western powers in the post-9/11 era. Editor(s): Burton, Antoinette. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 photograph. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1FCA; 3JH; HBJF1; HBLL; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 23. Weight in Grams: 681.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Number of Pages
288
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822356509
SKU
V9780822356509
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About Antoinette Burton
Antoinette Burton is Professor of History and Catherine C. and Bruce A. Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She has written and edited many books, including A Primer for Teaching World History: Ten Design Principles; Empire in Question: Reading, Writing, and Teaching British Imperialism; Archive Stories: Facts, Fictions, and the Writing of History; ... Read more
Reviews for The First Anglo-Afghan Wars: A Reader
"The reader illustrates the importance of finding elusive local perspectives on the first Anglo–Afghan wars to achieve a nuanced understandingof the conflicts."
Robert Eric Colvard
Itinerario
"Current Western leaders could definitely benefit from reading the essays in this volume."
Harold E. Raugh, Jr.
International Journal of Military History
"Overall, Burton’s impressive collection of documents ... Read more
Robert Eric Colvard
Itinerario
"Current Western leaders could definitely benefit from reading the essays in this volume."
Harold E. Raugh, Jr.
International Journal of Military History
"Overall, Burton’s impressive collection of documents ... Read more