“Includes bibliography”—(p. [261]-267).

Contents: Acknowledgments—Introduction—Chapter one : the establishment of Afghanistan under the Suddozais—Chapter tow : the first Afghan war : the rise of the imperial frontier—Chapter three : Sher Ali’s internal reforms prior to the second Afghan war—Chapter four : the second Afghan war (1879-1880)—Chapter five : the origins of Russophobia and its impact on Anglo-Russian relations in the nineteenth century—Chapter six : Anglo-Russian imperial rivalry in central Asia—Chapter seven : the power structure and social change during the reign of Amir Abdur Rahman (1880-1901)—Chapter Eight : the delimitation of the Russo-Afghan boundary—Chapter nine : the drawing of the Durarn line—Chapter ten : the Duran line and the Aftermath—Conclusion—Appendices—Selected bibliography—Maps.