On Afghanistan's plains : the story of Britain's Afghan Wars / Jules Stewart.
Material type: TextPublication details: London ; New York : I. B. Tauris ; New York : Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, 2011.Description: xxi, 256 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 22 cmISBN:- 9781848857179
- DS361. S74 2011
Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Monograph | Afghanistan Centre at Kabul University | DS361.S74 2011 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 3ACKU000351691 |
“Includes bibliography”—(p. 247-250).
Contents: List of illustrations—Foreword by general sir David Richards—Acknowledgements—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 unto the breach—Notes—Bibliography—Index.