A Diplomatic History of the Caspian Sea
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A Diplomatic History of the Caspian Sea

Treaties, Diaries and Other Stories

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A Diplomatic History of the Caspian Sea

Treaties, Diaries and Other Stories

About this book

In a series of short stories that both inform and amuse, this book transports the reader across the windswept shores of the Caspian Sea and provides a provocative view of the wars, peace, intrigues, and betrayals that have shaped the political geography of this important and volatile region. The demise of the Soviet Union in 1991 and the eclipsing of the old Iranian-Soviet regime of the sea have given rise to new challenges for the regional actors and unprecedented opportunities for international players to tap into the area's enormous oil and gas resources, third in size only behind Siberia and the Persian Gulf. This book explores the historical themes that inform and animate the more immediate and familiar discussions about petroleum, pipelines, and ethnic conflict in the Caspian region.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. A Diplomatic History of the Caspian Sea
  3. Contents
  4. Acknowledgements
  5. Foreword
  6. Introduction
  7. Chapter 1 The Price of Survival (1721–1724)
  8. Chapter 2 Persian Restoration (1724–1735
  9. Chapter 3 A Russian Lake (1735–1781)
  10. Chapter 4 Catherine and Agha Mohammad (1781–1797)
  11. Chapter 5 Creeping South to Astara-Chay (1797–1829)
  12. Chapter 6 On to Ashuradeh! (1835–1841)
  13. Chapter 7 Melgunov’s Field Trip (1858–1860)
  14. Chapter 8 The Royal Playground (1866–1870)
  15. Chapter 9 The Voyager King (1873)
  16. Chapter 10 Ballantine’s Travels (1875)
  17. Chapter 11 To Qizil Su and Beyond (1869–1876)
  18. Chapter 12 The Shah’s Second European Tour (1878)
  19. Chapter 13 Taming of the Turkmens (1879–1881)
  20. Chapter 14 Hemming of Persia at Gudri (1881–1893)
  21. Chapter 15 Curzon’s Complaint (1892)
  22. Chapter 16 The Mortgaging of Persia (1872–1896)
  23. Chapter 17 Savage-Landor’s Lament (1901)
  24. Chapter 18 Surf and Turf (1901–1903)
  25. Chapter 19 Mozaffar ed-Din’s Concessions (1898–1907)
  26. Chapter 20 At the Water’s Edge (1902)
  27. Chapter 21 The Lords of Northern Persia (1907–1917)
  28. Chapter 22 Seeing Red (1917)
  29. Chapter 23 The Fisher of Troubled Waters (1917–1918)
  30. Chapter 24 Baku or Bust! (1918–1920)
  31. Chapter 25 The Persian Socialist Soviet Republic (1920)
  32. Chapter 26 The League’s Legalese (1920)
  33. Chapter 27 Mending Fences (1921)
  34. Chapter 28 The Sinclair Squeeze Play (1922–1924)
  35. Chapter 29 Fish Stories (1927)
  36. Chapter 30 Peripheral Developments (1923–1936)
  37. Chapter 31 The Shah’s Northern Navy (1924–1935)
  38. Chapter 32 The Iranian and Soviet Sea (1931–1940)
  39. Chapter 33 Making Virtue of Necessity (1939–1943)
  40. Chapter 34 Lingering Imperialism (1943–1947)
  41. Chapter 35 Good Neighborliness (1953–1971)
  42. Chapter 36 Peace on Land, Peace at Sea (1952–1977)
  43. Chapter 37 Imaginary Line, Real Limits (1962–1991)
  44. Chapter 38 A Secret Covenant (1962)
  45. Chapter 39 Death and Succession (1991)
  46. Chapter 40 New Players, New Game, New Rules (1991–1997)
  47. Chapter 41 Diplomacy and Betrayal (1997–1999)
  48. Chapter 42 Our Sea, 2000
  49. Conclusion
  50. Appendix 1
  51. Appendix 2
  52. Notes
  53. Bibliography
  54. Index