Commitment to Empire : prophecies of the great game in Asia, 1797-1800 /
Ingram, Edward.
Commitment to Empire : prophecies of the great game in Asia, 1797-1800 / by Edward Ingram. - Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1981. - xvi, 431 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [402]-423) and index.
I. Introduction – PART ONE. EASTWARDS - II. Empire against Balance of Power in Europe, 1797-1798 - III. In Search of a Necessary Ally, 1798-1799 -- PART TWO. WESTWARDS : IV. Empire against Balance of Power in India, 1797-1798 - V. The Uses of a Necessary Enemy, 1798-1799 -- PART THREE. CENTRE : VI. Turkey, the Empire, and the Balance of Power, 1797-1799 - VII. Afghanistan and Persia as Enemy and Ally, 1798-1800 - VIII. The Role of the War in Arabia, 1789-1800 - IX. Empire against Balance of Power in the Near East, 1799-1800 - X. Conclusion: The Swing to the East -- Maps : Europe after Campo Formio, 1797 - Routes to the East – Nelson and Bonaparte in the Mediterranean – Political India, 1798 – The Near East.
0198226624
Middle East--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--Middle East.
India--History--18th century.
Middle East--History--1517-
DS63.2.G7 / I54 1981
Commitment to Empire : prophecies of the great game in Asia, 1797-1800 / by Edward Ingram. - Oxford : New York : Clarendon Press ; Oxford University Press, 1981. - xvi, 431 p. : maps ; 22 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [402]-423) and index.
I. Introduction – PART ONE. EASTWARDS - II. Empire against Balance of Power in Europe, 1797-1798 - III. In Search of a Necessary Ally, 1798-1799 -- PART TWO. WESTWARDS : IV. Empire against Balance of Power in India, 1797-1798 - V. The Uses of a Necessary Enemy, 1798-1799 -- PART THREE. CENTRE : VI. Turkey, the Empire, and the Balance of Power, 1797-1799 - VII. Afghanistan and Persia as Enemy and Ally, 1798-1800 - VIII. The Role of the War in Arabia, 1789-1800 - IX. Empire against Balance of Power in the Near East, 1799-1800 - X. Conclusion: The Swing to the East -- Maps : Europe after Campo Formio, 1797 - Routes to the East – Nelson and Bonaparte in the Mediterranean – Political India, 1798 – The Near East.
0198226624
Middle East--Foreign relations--Great Britain.
Great Britain--Foreign relations--Middle East.
India--History--18th century.
Middle East--History--1517-
DS63.2.G7 / I54 1981