An ever present danger
Subtitle: a concise history of British military operations on the North-West Frontier, 1849-1947
By: Matt M. Matthews
Publisher: Combat Studies Institute Press, US Army Combined Arms Center
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Fort Leavenworth, Kan
Language: eng
Number of pages: 77
ISBN-13: 9780984190133
Description: This Occasional Paper will examine the almost continual efforts of British and Indian soldiers (both regular and irregular) to combat and pacify the Pashtun tribes of the Northwest Frontier.
Notes: "June 2010"--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 73-76).
Table of contents: title: The Pashtuns and the First Afghan War; title: "Discomfiture might suffice as punishment" : British military operations on the North-West Frontier, 1849-1900; title: "I doubt if it is understood how desperate the fighting has been during this operation" : British military operations on the North-West Frontier, 1900-1921; title: British military operations on the North-West Frontier, 1922-1947; title: Conclusions; title: Select glossary of Afghan tribal terms.