Jules Stewart

On Afghanistan's Plains (eBook, ePUB)

The Story of Britain's Afghan Wars

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

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 as far as the early nineteenth century. Aiming to protect the British territories in India from the expanding Russian empire, the British fought a series of conflicts on Afghan territory between 1838 and 1919. The Anglo-Afghan wars of the 19th and early 20th centuries were ill-conceived and led to some of the worst military disasters ever sustained by British forces in this part of the world, with poor strategy in the First Afghan War resulting in the annihilation of 16,000 soldiers and civilians in a single week. In his new book, Jules Stewart explores the potential danger of replaying Britain's military catastrophes and considers what can be learnt from revisiting the story of these earlier Afghan wars.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Bloomsbury UK
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 30. Juni 2011
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780857730275
• Artikelnr.: 39141652

Autorenporträt

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.

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Cradle of Political Insanity 2. Victoria's First War 3. The
Present Happy Moment 4. Vengeance is Mine, Sayeth Lord Ellenborough 5. The
Pure Instinct of Dominion 6. Chronic Suspicion and Undignified Alarm 7.
Nothing but Misfortune and Disaster 8. Once More into the Breech
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