In Defence of British India - Great Britain in the Middle East, 17751842

In Defence of British India (1984) illustrates the problems arising from the British need to defend an Indian empire. The strategies devised by Britain to counter the expansion of European empires into the Middle East are known as the Great Game.

List of contents

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

Summary

In Defence of British India (1984) illustrates the problems arising from the British need to defend an Indian empire. The strategies devised by Britain to counter the expansion of European empires into the Middle East are known as the Great Game.

Product details

• Authors: Edward Ingram, Ingram Edward
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032457536
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3245753-6
• No. of pages: 252
• Series: Routledge Library Editions: Colonialism and Imperialism
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History > General, dictionaries; Non-fiction book > History > Biographies, autobiographies; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, India, Middle East, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Colonialism & imperialism, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, United Kingdom, Great Britain, Colonialism and imperialism, National liberation & independence, post-colonialism, C 1700 To C 1800, National liberation and independence