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050		0	_aDS63.2.G7 _bI54 1981
100	1		_aIngram, Edward.
245	1	0	_aCommitment to Empire : _bprophecies of the great game in Asia, 1797-1800 / _cby Edward Ingram.
260			_aOxford : _bClarendon Press ; _aNew York : _bOxford University Press, _c1981.
300			_axvi, 431 p. : _bmaps ; _c22 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [402]-423) and index.
505			_aI. 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.
651		0	_aMiddle East _xForeign relations _zGreat Britain.
651		0	_aGreat Britain _xForeign relations _zMiddle East.
651		0	_aIndia _xHistory _y18th century.
651		0	_aMiddle East _xHistory _y1517-
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