TY  - BOOK
AU  - Coughlin,Con
TI  - Churchill's first war: young Winston at war with the Afghans 
SN  - 9781250043047 (hardback)
AV  - DS392. N67.
U1  - 954.91/2035 23
PY  - 2014///.
CY  - New York : 
PB  - Thomas Dunne Books, St. Martin’s Press, 
KW  - Churchill, Winston,
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Army
KW  - Biography
KW  - Afghan Wars
KW  - Campaigns
KW  - Pakistan
KW  - Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
KW  - Pushtuns
KW  - History
KW  - 19th century
KW  - Soldiers
N1  - “Includes bibliography”—(pages 279-282); Passing out -- The wild frontier -- A subaltern and a gentleman -- Passage to India -- The seat of war -- Knight of pen and sword -- High stakes -- A splendid episode -- A rough hard job
N2  - Summary: "Just over a century ago British troops were fighting a vicious frontier war against Pashtun tribeman on the North West Frontier--the great-great-grandfathers of the Taliban and tribal insurgents in modern-day Afghanistan. Winston Churchill, then a young cavalry lieutenant, wrote a vivid account of what he saw during his first major campaign. The Story of the Malakand Field Force, published in 1898, was Churchill’s first book and, a hundred years later, is required reading for military commanders on the ground, both British and American. In Churchill’s First War, acclaimed author and foreign correspondent, Con Coughlin tells the story of that campaign, a story of high adventure and imperial success, which contains many lessons and warnings for today. Combining historical narrative, interviews with contemporary key players, and the journalist’s eye for great color and analysis, Churchill’s First War affords us a rare insight into both the nineteenth-century "Great Game" and the twenty-first-century conflict that has raged longer than World War II--as well as the twentieth-century man who reunited a war-torn world"—Provided by publisher.
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