Author: George Bruce Malleson
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Category : Afghan Wars
Languages : en
Pages : 200
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George Bruce Malleson was a British army officer and military historian who had served in India and who wrote prolifically on the history of India and Afghanistan. One of his major works was History of Afghanistan from the Earliest Period to the Outbreak of the War of 1878, a political and military history of Afghanistan that was published in London in 1879, shortly after the outbreak of the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80). The Russo-Afghan Question and the Invasion of India, published six years later, has the same theme as the earlier book, namely the strategic importance to the British Empire of Afghanistan as a buffer against Russian expansionism and the growing seriousness of the Russian threat to Afghanistan and by extension to India. The immediate impetus to Malleson's writing the second book was the Russian annexation of Merv (in present-day Turkmenistan) and the formation of a joint Anglo-Russian boundary commission to determine the northern frontier of Afghanistan. The author argues that the territories recently seized by Russia historically belonged to the amir of Afghanistan and should be returned to him. The key strategic point, Malleson argues, is Herat, "the outlying redoubt of India" and in his view the next objective in the Russian campaign of expansion. Malleson calls for a forceful response to the threat from Russia, and specifically the concentration of "all our available troops in the Pishin valley, ready for a prompt advance" to Herat. Chapter nine, "The Armies on Both Sides," contains a detailed accounting of the size, composition, and strength of Russian military units deployed in Central Asia and of the British and Indian troops available for the protection of India. The book presented here is the second edition of The Russo-Afghan Question and the Invasion of India, published in 1885.
Author: G. B. Malleson
Publisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9781333308803
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 198
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Excerpt from The Russo-Afghan Question and the Invasion of India In my outspoken criticisms I may have struck at cherished prejudices and wounded personal vanities. In dealing with a. Crisis which is partly the consequence of mistakes in the past, it was impossible absolutely to avoid doing this. But to those who may be affected by my criticisms, and to all, I would thus appeal, using the words of the greatest of English writers Who is here so base that would be a bondsman? If any, speak; for him have I offended. Who is here so rude that would not be a Briton? If any, speak; for him have I offended. 'nho is here so vile that will not love his country? If any, speak; for him have I offended. I pause for a reply. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author: George Bruce Malleson
Publisher: Palala Press
ISBN: 9781357768676
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Languages : en
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Author: Malleson G. B.
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ISBN: 9780243819249
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Author: Sir William Patrick Andrew
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Category : Afghan Wars
Languages : en
Pages : 116
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The "scientific frontier" is a term used by Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli (Lord Beaconsfield) of Great Britain in 1878 to denote a border between British India (in present-day Pakistan) and Afghanistan, which could be occupied and defended according to the requirements of the science of military strategy, as opposed to the existing frontier, which had been formed by a haphazard pattern of British expansion through agreements and annexations. The term subsequently figured prominently in British discussions about the defense of British India from a possible Russian invasion through Afghanistan. Our Scientific Frontier, published toward the end of the Second Anglo-Afghan War (1878-80), is an analysis of this subject, written to influence the British debate on the terms of peace. The author, William Patrick Andrew, was chairman of the Scinde, Punjab, and Delhi Railway Company, and thus an expert on logistics and transport in India and along its frontiers. The book contains chapters on the Northwest Frontier, the history, geography, and economy of Afghanistan, the independent border tribes, mountain passes, probable routes of invasion from Afghanistan into India, and the "Powindahs, or Soldier-Merchants of Afghanistan." Three appendices cover the Sherpur entrenchments that were part of the defense of Kabul, the Bolan and Khyber railways (neither of which was constructed until after the period discussed), and transport by rail of troops, horses, guns, and war matériel in India.
Author: Marquess George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon of Kedleston
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Category : Asia
Languages : en
Pages : 546
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Author: George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon (marqués.)
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Category : Eastern question (Central Asia)
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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Author: George Nathaniel of Curzon
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Category : Eastern question (Central Asia)
Languages : en
Pages : 576
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Author: Marquess George Nathaniel Curzon Curzon of Kedleston
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Category : Eastern question (Central Asia).
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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Author: Charles Marvin
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Category : Railroads
Languages : en
Pages : 36
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