The story of the Malakand field force
By: Winston Churchill.
Publisher: Dover Publications
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Mineola, N.Y
Language: eng
Number of pages: 268
ISBN-13: 9780486474748
Subjects: Churchill, Winston, -- 1874-1965; Great Britain. -- Army -- Biography; Great Britain. -- Army -- Colonial forces -- India -- History -- 19th century; Pushtuns -- Pakistan -- North-West Frontier Province -- History -- 19th century; Soldiers -- Great Britain -- Biography; Soldiers -- India -- Biography; North-West Frontier Province (Pakistan) -- History, Military -- 19th century; Malakānd Division (Pakistan) -- History, Military -- 19th century; India -- Boundaries -- History -- 19th century; India -- History, Military -- 19th century
Genres: Biography
Description: "Seeking military distinction, the 22-year-old Winston Churchill talked his way into the Malakand Field Force as a war correspondent, reporting on the front line in a struggle against restless frontier tribes. Churchill describes dramatic campaigns, his writing always rooted in the exotic and, at times, adverse environment of the Northwest Frontier, an area now part of Pakistan. This experience of entrenched and increasingly mechanized warfare likely influenced his command during the First World War, when he was better able than most to understand the nature of military stalemate. In this his first book he collected his reports of the conflict, providing a fascinating look at the start of Churchill's career as a writer and as a soldier."--Bloomsbury Publishing.
Notes: Originally published: London : Thomas Nelson & Sons, 1916.