On Afghanistan's Plains: The Story of Britain's Afghan Wars

ISBN-13: 9781788314169 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 272 str.

Jules Stewart

Opis

Britain's military involvement in Afghanistan is a contentious subject, yet it is often forgotten that the current conflict is in fact the fourth in a string of such wars dating back more than 170 years.

Spis treści

Introduction1.Cradle of Political Insanity2.Victoria's First War3.The Present Happy Moment4.Vengeance is Mine, Sayeth Lord Ellenborough5.The Pure Instinct of Dominion 6.Chronic Suspicion and Undignified Alarm7.Nothing but Misfortune and Disaster8.Once More into the BreechBibliography

O autorze

Jules Stewart is a journalist and author. He was born in New York and was a lecturer in Spanish language and literature before moving to Madrid, where he lived for twenty years. He now lives in London. His books include Madrid: The History; Albert: A Life; The Kaiser's Mission to Kabul; On Afghanistan's Plains: The Story of Britain's Afghan Wars; and Gotham Rising: New York in the 1930s (I.B.Tauris). In addition, he is the author of Crimson Snow: Britain's First Disaster in Afghanistan; The Savage Border: The Story of the North-West Frontier; Spying for the Raj: The Pundits and the Mapping of the Himalaya; and The Khyber Rifles: From the British Raj to Al Qaeda.