TY - BOOK AU - Stewart,Jules TI - On Afghanistan's plains : : the story of Britain's Afghan Wars / SN - 9781848857179 AV - DS361. S74 2011 PY - 2011/// CY - London ; , New York : , New York : PB - I. B. Tauris ; , Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan, KW - Afghan Wars KW - Great Britain KW - History, Military KW - Military relations KW - Afghanistan KW - Afghanistan KW - Great Britain N1 - “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 ER -