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Defending British India against Napoleon : the foreign policy of Governor-General Lord Minto, 1807-13 /
A study of how Napoleon's very real and very serious threat to British India was countered.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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[Place of publication not identified] :
Boydell and Brewer,
2016.
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| Colección: | Worlds of the East India Company ;
Volume 13. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontcover
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Preface
- Abbreviations
- 1 Setting the Stage
- Preamble
- Minto's Appointment and Arrival in India
- 2 Positioning in Persia
- Britain's West Asia Policy and Strategies against the French Threat
- 3 Creating a Buffer Zone
- Defending the North-western Frontier of India
- Minto's Afghan Policy
- Minto's Policy in Sind
- 4 Protecting Trade and Supply Lines
- Conquest of the French Islands
- The French and 'Caballing Natives' in India
- Threats to British Overseas Trade Interests
- Strategic Issues in Anglo-French Confrontation
- The First Step: Rodriguez Island
- The Second Target: Bourbon
- The Third Target: L'Ile de France
- The Campaign for L'Ile de France
- The Aftermath
- 5 Pre-empting French Influence in Java
- Minto and the Dutch East Indies
- 1807-10
- The Conquest of Java
- 6 Legacy of Lord Minto
- End of an Era
- Postscript
- APPENDIX Government of the East India Company
- Court of Proprietors/Directors
- Secret Committee
- Bibliography
- Index.