Edward Ingram

In Defence of British India

Great Britain in the Middle East, 1775-1842

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Produktbeschreibung

In Defence of British India (1984) illustrates the problems arising from the British need to defend an Indian empire. The strategies devised by Britain to counter the expansion of European empires into the Middle East are known as the Great Game.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Seitenzahl: 252
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Dezember 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm
• Gewicht: 470g
• ISBN-13: 9781032457536
• ISBN-10: 1032457538
• Artikelnr.: 70676859

Autorenporträt

Edward Ingram, Professor of Imperial History at Simon Fraser University

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. Great Britain's Great Game: A Proposal 3. The End of the
Spectre of the Overland Trade, 1775-1801 4. The Role of the Indian Army at
the End of the Eighteenth Century 5. The Failure of British Sea Power in
the War of the Second Coalition, 1798-1801 6. Towards Entanglement with
Persia, 1799-1801 7. Lord Mulgrave's Proposals for the Reconstruction of
Europe in 1804 8. The Royal Navy at the Strait of Hormuz, 1807-1808 9. An
Excursion to the Kingdom of Kabul, 1807-1809 10. Rules of the Great Game in
Asia, 1798-1829 11. The Struggle over the Persian Mission, 1828-1835 12.
Three Approaches to the Great Game in Asia