In Defence of British India - Great Britain in the Middle East, 1775-1842

First Published in 1984. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

List of contents

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

About the author

Edward Ingram, Professor of Imperial History at Simon Fraser University

Product details

• Authors: Edward Ingram
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.10.1984
• EAN: 9780714632469
• ISBN: 978-0-7146-3246-9
• No. of pages: 254
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 219 mm x 27 mm
• Weight: 435 g
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