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SUMMARY:The Third Anglo-Afghan War\, 1919 - Stephen Evans (Corpus Christi)
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CONTACT:Ilya Berkovich
DESCRIPTION:In early May 1919\, Afghanistan invaded India\, its ruler call
 ing on the frontier tribes to rise and join their Hindu and Muslim brethre
 n in the Indian hinterland in overthrowing the British Raj. The outcome of
  the one-month conflict was less than apocalyptic and the crisis has all b
 ut slipped into the historical mists. But there are grounds for re-evaluat
 ing the significance of the Third Anglo- Afghan War. It is possible to arg
 ue that it posed a far greater threat to the stability of India than histo
 rians have generally recognised. And there is a case for placing the event
 s in the wider context of the ebb and flow of empires brought about\, or a
 ccelerated\, by the First World War. Far from being a "frontier sideshow"\
 , to quote the military historian G.N. Molesworth\, the crisis was part of
  an extensive post-war drive for self determination by people seeking an e
 scape from great power colonisation or domination.
LOCATION:Walters Room\, Selwyn College
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