Ramparts of empire : British imperialism and India's Afghan frontier, 1918-1948 / Brandon Marsh (assistant professor of history, Bridgewater College, USA).
Includes bibliographical references( pages 275-285)
Contents
The North-West Frontier : policies, perceptions, and the conservative impulse in the British Raj -- The North-West Frontier and the crisis of empire, 1919-1923 -- A cigarette in a powder magazine : the frontier, nationalism, and reform, 1919-1930 -- "A considerable degree of supineness" : nationalism and the British administration, 1928-1930 -- "These infernal Khudai Khidmatgaran" : defining and repressing frontier nationalism, 1930-1932 -- "The forbidden land" : the British, frontier nationalism, and Congress, 1931-1934 -- "If the ramparts fall, the city must fall also" : the frontier and Indian constitutional reform, 1930-1939 -- Tribal policy and its discontents, 1930-1939 -- The North-West Frontier and the Second World War, 1939-1946 -- Conclusion: The end of British rule and the frontier legacy.