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First Anglo-Afghan Wars A Reader

Burton Antoinette
Heftet / 2014 / Engelsk

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ISBN
9780822356622
Publisert
2014-04-10
Utgiver
Vendor
Duke University Press
Vekt
503 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
178 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Redaktør
Burton Antoinette

Biographical note

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; and After the Imperial Turn: Thinking with and through the Nation, all published by Duke University Press.
 

First Anglo-Afghan Wars A Reader

Burton Antoinette
Heftet / 2014 / Engelsk
Burton Antoinette
Heftet / 2014 / Engelsk
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"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 offers a great deal to students and scholars alike. It will enliven classroom debate in courses on imperialism, warfare, and South and Central Asia. The book provides a much-needed history of recent and contemporary warfare, especially in Afghanistan, South Asia, and the Middle East."

- Kate Imy, H-War, H-Net Reviews

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. 
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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.
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Foreword / Andrew J. Bacevich ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: The Anglo-Afghan Wars in Historical Perspective 1 Part I. Strategic Interests on the Road to Kabul 15 Part II. The First Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-1842: Occupation, Route, Defeat, Captivity 43 Part III. The Second Anglo-Afghan War, 1878-1880: Imperial Insecurities, Global Stakes 127 Part IV. The Great Game, 1880-1919 189 Selected Bibliography of Secondary Sources 255 Reprint Acknowledgments 257 Index 259
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"Antoinette Burton has curated a groundbreaking archive of documents related to what she poignantly calls the 'First Anglo-Afghan Wars.' Incisively introduced with a critical eye toward how these texts bear the traces of Afghan and sepoy agency and toward the roles of non-European actors in the unfolding of Afghanistan's history, this brilliant Reader delivers a counter-narrative to the totalizing pull of American exceptionalism. The significance of articulating this archive and situating its contents' relevance to the ongoing present cannot be overstated. As a classroom tool, it promises to revolutionize discussions not only about the British empire, but also about current front-page news."
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"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 offers a great deal to students and scholars alike. It will enliven classroom debate in courses on imperialism, warfare, and South and Central Asia. The book provides a much-needed history of recent and contemporary warfare, especially in Afghanistan, South Asia, and the Middle East."

- Kate Imy, H-War, H-Net Reviews

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. 
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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.
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Foreword / Andrew J. Bacevich ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: The Anglo-Afghan Wars in Historical Perspective 1 Part I. Strategic Interests on the Road to Kabul 15 Part II. The First Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-1842: Occupation, Route, Defeat, Captivity 43 Part III. The Second Anglo-Afghan War, 1878-1880: Imperial Insecurities, Global Stakes 127 Part IV. The Great Game, 1880-1919 189 Selected Bibliography of Secondary Sources 255 Reprint Acknowledgments 257 Index 259
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"Antoinette Burton has curated a groundbreaking archive of documents related to what she poignantly calls the 'First Anglo-Afghan Wars.' Incisively introduced with a critical eye toward how these texts bear the traces of Afghan and sepoy agency and toward the roles of non-European actors in the unfolding of Afghanistan's history, this brilliant Reader delivers a counter-narrative to the totalizing pull of American exceptionalism. The significance of articulating this archive and situating its contents' relevance to the ongoing present cannot be overstated. As a classroom tool, it promises to revolutionize discussions not only about the British empire, but also about current front-page news."
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780822356622
Publisert
2014-04-10
Utgiver
Vendor
Duke University Press
Vekt
503 gr
Høyde
254 mm
Bredde
178 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet

Redaktør
Burton Antoinette

Biographical note

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; and After the Imperial Turn: Thinking with and through the Nation, all published by Duke University Press.
 

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