Books That Could Have Saved Lives In Helmand - If Read

A Listmania! list by John Winterson Richards "lisvanebooks"
 
The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia
1.  The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia by Peter Hopkirk
The list author says:
  "A brilliant summary of previous errors and misunderstandings in Afghanistan - lately forgotten and now being repeated."
£5.49   Used & New from: £1.93
4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)

The Malakand Field Force
2.  The Malakand Field Force by Winston S. Churchill
The list author says:
  "An informed observer's first hand account of the realities of war in Afghanistan."
£8.99   Used & New from: £6.04

The River War
3.  The River War by Winston S. Churchill
The list author says:
  "The same observer's balanced reflections on another war against Islamic fundamentalists in which he took part, this one in the Sudan."
£12.75   Used & New from: £7.68
4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)

The Campaigns of Alexander (Classics)
4.  The Campaigns of Alexander (Classics) by Flavius Arrianus Xenophon / Arrian
The list author says:
  "Even Alexander the Great had trouble in Afghanistan - but Mr Blair's Cabinet thought they could do better."
£6.99   Used & New from: £0.89
4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)

The Art of War
5.  The Art of War by Sun Tzu
The list author says:
  "Basic strategy."
£4.06   Used & New from: £0.68
3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (44 customer reviews)

Flashman (The Flashman Papers)
6.  Flashman (The Flashman Papers) by George MacDonald Fraser
The list author says:
  "A novel - but one with more knowledge of Afghanistan than any member of the British Cabinet that initiated the Helmand Campaign."
£5.59   Used & New from: £0.01
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (68 customer reviews)

The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan
7.  The Man Who Would Be King: The First American in Afghanistan by Ben Macintyre
The list author says:
  "The misadventures of an adventurer from the West in Central Asia."
£9.78   Used & New from: £3.71

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