From Frontier Policy to Foreign Policy: The Question of India and the Transformation of Geopolitics in Qing China by Mosca, Matthew

Stanford University Press, 2015-07-31. Paperback. Good. 10x8x0. [From the library of Benjamin B. King.] Softcover. Shelf wear. Scattered underlining and markings. <br> "Benjamin B. King was an intelligence officer for the British Royal Air Force during World War II. After World War 2 broke out in Europe in September 1939, he joined the British Royal Air Force as a 'penguin' who could not fly because of eyesight problems. He was assigned to Coastal Command at the airbase in Wick in the very north of Scotland, which provided defense for Britain in the North Sea, engaging the Germany Navy and Air Force. After his stint at Wick, Ben was transferred to the vital but vulnerable British base at Gibraltar off the coast of Spain, where the British monitored German and Italian military operations in the Western Mediterranean. While in Gibraltar, one of his tasks was to listen to Luftwaffe radio communications and track the movement of German and Italian airplanes. After Gibraltar, Ben was… Read More

Paperback / softback. New. This book examines the emergence of modern Chinese geopolitics by showing how, in its relations with British India, the Qing empire came to understand its place in the world through competition with European imperialism.

Stanford Univ Pr, 2015. Paperback. New. reprint edition. 398 pages. 10.50x7.50x1.00 inches.

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