Introduction -- Who were the politicals? -- Forward with hearts and minds : 1877-1892 -- The North-West frontier : 1892-1900 -- Curzon : reform and consolidation : 1901-1914 -- War, rebellion and the modified forward policy : 1914-1924 -- Interregnum : 1924-1936 -- Frontier strategy : 1930-1939 -- Toward the end : 1939-1947 -- Conclusion
Summary
Created in the late eighteenth century by the East India Company to manage relations with the princely rulers of the Indian States, political offers developed into a mechanism by which Britain could manage remote territories through relations with local power brokers. In this study, the role of the political officer on the Western Frontier of India between 1877-1947 is examined in detail. Providing an account of the personalities and mechanisms of colonial influence/tribal control in what remains one of the most unstable regions in the world today, the book charts the successes and failures, d
