First Anglo-Afghan Wars

Antoinette Burton is Professor of History and Catherine C. and Bruce A. Bastian Professor of Global and Transnational Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. She has written and edited many books, including A Primer for Teaching World History: Ten Design Principles; Empire in Question: Reading, Writing, and Teaching British Imperialism; Archive Stories: Facts, Fictions, and the Writing of History; and After the Imperial Turn: Thinking with and through the Nation, all published by Duke University Press.

"The reader illustrates the importance of finding elusive local perspectives on the first Anglo–Afghan wars to achieve a nuanced understandingof the conflicts."   - Robert Eric Colvard (Itinerario) "Current Western leaders could definitely benefit from reading the essays in this volume." - Harold E. Raugh, Jr. (International Journal of Military History) "Overall, Burton’s impressive collection of documents offers a great deal to students and scholars alike. It will enliven classroom debate in courses on imperialism, warfare, and South and Central Asia. The book provides a much-needed history of recent and contemporary warfare, especially in Afghanistan, South Asia, and the Middle East." - Kate Imy (H-War, H-Net Reviews)

• Foreword / Andrew J. Bacevich ix Acknowledgments xi Introduction: The Anglo-Afghan Wars in Historical Perspective 1 Part I. Strategic Interests on the Road to Kabul 15 Part II. The First Anglo-Afghan War, 1839-1842: Occupation, Route, Defeat, Captivity 43 Part III. The Second Anglo-Afghan War, 1878-1880: Imperial Insecurities, Global Stakes 127 Part IV. The Great Game, 1880-1919 189 Selected Bibliography of Secondary Sources 255 Reprint Acknowledgments 257 Index 259