Balochistan, the British and the Great Game - The Struggle for the Bolan Pass, Gateway to India

Balochistan remains an intractable problem for Pakistan today yet in the nineteenth century, as this history reveals, the British encountered formidable opposition when trying to bring the region under imperial domination.

About the author

T.A. Heathcote is a highly regarded military and imperial historian who specializes in the history of South Asia and has written more than a dozen books.

Summary

Balochistan remains an intractable problem for Pakistan today yet in the nineteenth century, as this history reveals, the British encountered formidable opposition when trying to bring the region under imperial domination.

Product details

• Authors: T A Heathcote, T. A. Heathcote, Heathcote T. A.
• Publisher: Hurst Publishers
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 21.01.2016
• EAN: 9781849044790
• ISBN: 978-1-84904-479-0
• Dimensions: 138 mm x 216 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 522 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > Modern era up to 1918; Pakistan, Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Colonialism and imperialism, Asian History, HISTORY / Asia / South / General