The Eastern question from the treaty of Paris 1856 to the treaty of Berlin 1878, and to the second Afghan war.

Mode of access: Internet.

Persia and Affghanistan. Analytical narrative of the events relating to the correspondence on the affairs of Persia and Affghanistan.

Mode of access: Internet.

Scenes and adventures in Affghanistan /

Mode of access: Internet.

Narrative of the war in Affghanistan. In 1838-39.

Mode of access: Internet.

The judgment of the sword;

Mode of access: Internet.

Recollections of four years' service in the East with H. M. fortieth regiment : comprising an account of the taking of Kurachee in Lower Scinde, in 1839, operations in Upper Scinde in 1840 and 1841, and the operations of the Candahar Division of "The Avenging Army of the Afghanistan" in 1841 and 1842, under Major-General Sir w. Nott, G.C.B. /

Mode of access: Internet.

Personal narrative of the campaigns of Affghanistan, Sinde, Beloochistan, etc., detailed in a series of letters of the late Colonel William H. Dennie. With an appendix, containing Colonel Dennie's correspondence with Lord Keane, Sir Henry Fane, etc.

"This narrative ... appeared first ... in the pages of the 'Dublin university magazine'.".--Pref.

Journal of imprisonment in Affghanistan (continued and concluded).

Mode of access: Internet.

A different kind of war? : September 11 and the United States' Afghan War

McInnes, C., 'A different kind of war? 11 September and the United States' Afghan war'. Review of International Studies, 29 (2), 165-184. RAE2008

Beyond airport enclaves : insights for overcoming turf wars

Airports, over time, have emerged as separate independent entities often described as ‘enclaves’. As such airports regularly planned and implemented developments within their boundaries with limited inclusion of local actors in decision making processes. Urban encroachment on airport boundaries has increasingly focused the planning interests of airports to consider what their neighbouring cities are doing. Likewise city planners are progressively more interested in the development activities of airports. Despite shared interests in what happens on the either side of the fence line, relationships between airports and their neighbouring cities have often been strained, if not, at times, hostile. A number of strategies and conceptualisations for the co-existence of urban and airport environs have been put forward. However, these models are likely to have a limited effect unless they can be implemented to maximise opportunities for both cities and airports, and at the same time not confound their long-term interests. The isolation of airport planning from local and regional planning agencies, and the resulting power struggles are not new. Under current conditions the need to ‘bridge the gap’ between airports and their urban surrounds has become an increasing, yet under explored imperative. This paper examines the decision making arena for airport-region development to define the barriers, enablers, tensions and puzzles for the governance of airport-region development, from a cross-country perspective. Findings suggest that while there are many embedded rule structures that foster airport-region tensions, there are nonetheless a number of pathways for moving airports beyond decision making enclaves, to more integrated mechanisms for city and regional planning. In providing preliminary answers for overcoming the barriers, tensions and intractable issues of mutually agreeable airport and city development, the research makes a primary contribution to the ground level governance of collaborative planning. This research also serves as a launching point for future, more detailed research into the areas of airport-region decision making and collaborative planning for airport-regions. This work was carried out through the Airport Metropolis Research Project under the Australian Research Council’s Linkage Projects funding scheme (LP0775225).

Anna Clark (2008) History’s Children: History Wars in the Classroom. UNSW Press, Sydney, 178 pages

“History’s Children” stems from Anna Clark’s 2004 postdoctoral research into the ways in which Australian students connect with the past, and aims at bringing some classroom perspectives into the public debates about Australian history education. Although the title makes reference to the “History Wars���, there is little evidence of contestation, engagement, passion or intellectual excitement in Clark’s conclusions about what happens in history classrooms. Rather, Clark’s small focus groups with 182 high school students in 34 high schools around Australia indicate that “it got a bit dismal hearing student after student being so dismissive of Australian history” (p. 143). Apart from some enthusiasm for the study of Australians at war, a sort of resigned boredom seems to characterise what students have to say about learning Australian history, despite their acknowledgement that it is important to “know about” it.