On Afghanistan's plains
Subtitle: the story of Britain's Afghan Wars
By: Jules Stewart
Publisher: I. B. Tauris; Distributed in the United States and Canada exclusively by Palgrave Macmillan
Published: 2011
Place of publication: London; New York; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9781848857179
Subjects: Military History; Military relations; Afghan Wars
Description: This book explores the potential danger of replaying Britain's military catastrophes and considers what can be learned from revisiting the story of these earlier Afghan wars.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-250) and index.
Table of contents: title: Cradle of political insanity; title: Victoria's first war; title: The present happy moment; title: Vengeance is mine, sayeth Lord Ellenborough; title: The pure instinct of dominion; title: Chronic suspicion and undignified alarm; title: Nothing but misfortune and disaster; title: Once more unto the breach.