Defending British India against Napoleon - Amita Das, Aditya Das

Defending British India against Napoleon

The Foreign Policy of Governor-General Lord Minto, 1807-13

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Aditya Das (Herausgeber)

Buch | Hardcover
284 Seiten
2016
The Boydell Press (Verlag)
978-1-78327-129-0 (ISBN)
99,75 inkl. MwSt
A study of how Napoleon's very real and very serious threat to British India was countered.

Following Napoleon's defeat of Prussia in 1806 and his treaties with Russia and Persia in 1807, the French threat to Britain's position in India seemed real and strengthening. At the same time, Napoleon's economic warfare with Britain and the success of French privateers in disrupting British trade in the Indian Ocean were having a severe impact. This book, based on extensive original research, relates in detail how Lord Minto, a Cabinet-level politician who was appointed Governor-General of Bengal in 1807, steadily and successfully worked to counter the French threat. It examines how he built a series of buffer alliances with local states on the northwest frontier of India; captured the Indian Ocean islands used as bases by French privateers, notably the Ile de France, now Mauritius; and, in 1811, conquered Java, nominally Dutch but following the incorporation of the Netherlands into the French Empire, effectively French. Besides the details of Lord Minto's career and activities, the book also provides full background information on a wide range of relevant subjects, including the governance and finances of the East India Company,the various polities of the Indian subcontinent and neighbouring regions, and the political situation in Britain and Europe.

Amita Das completed her doctorate at the University of Oxford. Aditya Das completed his doctorate at West Virginia University.

Preface
Setting the Stage
Positioning in Persia
Creating a Buffer Zone
Protecting Trade and Supply Lines
Preempting French influence in Java
Legacy of Lord Minto
Appendix: Government of the East India Company
Bibliography

Erscheinungsdatum
Reihe/Serie Worlds of the East India Company
Zusatzinfo 5 b/w illus.
Verlagsort Woodbridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 156 x 234 mm
Gewicht 1 g
Themenwelt Geschichte Allgemeine Geschichte Neuzeit (bis 1918)
Geisteswissenschaften Geschichte Regional- / Ländergeschichte
Geschichte Teilgebiete der Geschichte Wirtschaftsgeschichte
Sozialwissenschaften Politik / Verwaltung Europäische / Internationale Politik
ISBN-10 1-78327-129-9 / 1783271299
ISBN-13 978-1-78327-129-0 / 9781783271290
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