Excerpt from A Scientific Frontier, or the Danger of a Russian Invasion of India This sense of security was inspired by the barren and difficult nature of the country which an army, entering Afghanistan from the north, would have to traverse before it reached India; and by the character of the Afghan tribes, a knowledge of which we had acquired during our invasion in 1838 - 42. In 1867 certain opinions found expression in mili tary circles to the effect that our means of success fully encountering a Russian advance would ...
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Excerpt from A Scientific Frontier, or the Danger of a Russian Invasion of India This sense of security was inspired by the barren and difficult nature of the country which an army, entering Afghanistan from the north, would have to traverse before it reached India; and by the character of the Afghan tribes, a knowledge of which we had acquired during our invasion in 1838 - 42. In 1867 certain opinions found expression in mili tary circles to the effect that our means of success fully encountering a Russian advance would be greatly improved if we held advanced posts in Afghanistan, whence we could meet our northern foe at a distance from the Indian frontier. These Opinions, however, as soon as they were promulgated, were pronounced by high authorities to be fundamentally wrong; but the scheme had meanwhile found favour with mem bers of the Cabinet, and has ever since been the subject of much discussion and of controversy be tween the political parties in Parliament. It is proposed in the following pages to review, in the light of the events of the last fifty years, the main arguments adduced on each side. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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