Afghanistan strategic intelligence : British records, 1919-1970 / editor, Anita L.P. Burdett.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Burdett, Anita L. P.

Rosengarten Family Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International relations.

Politics and government.

History.

Afghanistan--History--20th century--Sources.

Afghanistan.

Afghanistan--Politics and government--20th century--Sources.

Afghanistan--Foreign relations--Sources.

Afghanistan--Foreign relations--Great Britain--Sources.

Great Britain--Foreign relations--Afghanistan--Sources.

Great Britain.

Genre:

Sources.

Physical Description:

4 volumes : maps ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

Slough : Archive Editions, 2002.

Summary:

This collection of 4000 pages of primary research documents begins with material describing the Third British-Afghan War of 1919, which led to the establishment of Afghan independence. Coverage also includes coups and instability within the ruling family from 1919-1933; increased influence and sustained presence of the USSR; continuous evaluation by the British of the Russian threat posed for the integrity of Afghanistan and implications for the defence of India; relations between Afghanistan and neighbouring tribes including on the Northwest Frontier; and the activities in Afghanistan of anti-imperialist agents and groups. The volume ends in 1970 with the country moving towards the deposal of King Zahir Shah and the establishment of the republic in 1973. This collection reveals both the strategic significance and the characteristics - political, military and tribal - of Afghanistan 1919-1970, showing that many of these aspects can be seen to be unchanging and provide an historical perspective likely to assist the understanding of recent events.

Contents:

v. 1. 1919-1923, from independence to the civil war

v. 2. 1928-1939, from the end of the civil war to the declaration of neutrality in World War Two

v. 3. 1939-1947, from the outbreak of World War Two to the partition of India

v. 4. 1948-1970, the post-war years.

Notes:

Two maps in pocket of volume 4.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.

ISBN:

1852078553

OCLC:

49748768