[revue] Objets et Mondes tome 8 [tome VIII] fascicule 1. Printemps 1968. (Auteurs: Edit FEL, Bernard DUPAIGNE)Livre Rare Book
[Great Britain, Afghanistan].Biblio.com
Correspondence Respecting the Relations between the British Government and that of Afghanistan since the accession of the Ameer Shere Ali Khan; with Further Correspondence Respecting Central Asia. C.-2188; with Further Papers Relating to the Affairs of Afghanistan. C.-2250; with Further Correspondence. C.-2401; with Further Correspondence. C.-2402; with Despatch from Government of India including copy of report. containing a statement of the cases tried before the military commission. C.-2523; with Papers Relating to the Occupation of Kandahar. C.-2811; with Further Papers Relating to the Occupation of Kandahar. C.-2852; with Further Papers Relating to the Occupation of Kandahar. C.-2865; with Correspondence Respecting Affairs in Central Asia. C.-2798; with Further Despatch Respecting Affairs in Central Asia. C.-2802; with Further Correspondence Relating to the Estimates for the War in Afghanistan. C.-2772; and Further Correspondence Relating to the Affairs of Afghanistan includin
107237London HMSO; Harrison and Sons 1878-1881. . First editions; two volumes containing fifteen works 4to 33 x 21.5 cm; bookplates to pastedowns a occasional small chips to upper margin otherwise internally fine; first volume in half red morocco cloth boards gilt lettering to flat spine minor wear to extremities but otherwise a very good copy; second volume in half blue calf cloth boards gilt spine with gilt morocco lettering piece all edges gilt slight wear a little chipping to head and foot of spine shelf mark to spine otherwise a very good copy; vi 266; ii 27; 17; 37; 6; 9; 87; 14; 8; 31; 4; 14; iv 107; 87; v 165pp.<br /> A collection of fifteen works of government correspondence and dispatches charting the British relationship with Afghanistan and by extension Russia from 1863 to 1881 culminating in the Second Anglo-Afghan War. The 'Central Asian Question' the Great Game saw its denouement play out in the Second Second Anglo-Afghan War and following boundary negotiations in the 1880s and 90s.<br /><br />The letters and despatches contained in these works contain an enormous amount of detail about the politics economics and diplomacy of Britain and Afghanistan in this period in particular the war years of 1879-1881. Important figures such as James Bruce Sir Henry Rawlinson John Lawrence Henry Marion Durand Lord Mayo Robert Napier Edward Bulwer-Lytton Granville Leveson-Gower and Spencer Cavendish all penned or put their name to the letters and despatches in these volumes and reveal the attitudes of the British government at the time. What perhaps stands out the most is the fragility of the British temperament in regards to either real or imagined Russian influence in Afghanistan and the constant shuffling of Amirs in a vain attempt to turn Afghanistan into a puppet state. Although the military actions of the Second Anglo-Afghan War were considered successful by the British Government deposing Yaqub Khan and his brother Ayub Khan from the throne it was also vastly expensive to the tune of nearly 20 million pounds and did not result in any territorial gains or subjugation of the region.<br /><br />The owner who bound the first volume titled the spine 'Afghanistan Betrayed by Lord Beaconsfield to Russia'. This is a strong statement considering Afghanistan preserved its independence and status as a buffer zone following the evacuation of Kandahar and Afghanistan by the British Army. It is an even stronger statement given that the trigger of the conflict Britain's retaliation to Afghanistan hospitality to Russian envoys is widely understood to have been the Viceroy of India Lord Lytton's doing and in direct opposition to orders from Disraeli himself. Perhaps the accusation speaks most to the accentuated fears around Russia and the decline of the influence of the British Empire.<br /> London, HMSO; Harrison and Sons, 1878-1881. hardcover
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