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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, 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 and early twentieth 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 Reader 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.

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• Celý názov: First Anglo-Afghan Wars
• Podnázov: A Reader
• Jazyk: Angličtina
• Väzba: Pevná
• Počet strán: 288
• EAN: 9780822356509
• ISBN: 0822356503
• ID: 04939773
• Nakladateľ: Duke University Press
• Hmotnosť: 680 g
• Rozmery: 254 × 178 × 23 mm
• Dátum vydania: 10. April 2014

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