- Paperback: 416 pages
- Publisher: Spellmount Publishers Ltd (1 Aug 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1862274169
- ISBN-13: 978-1862274167
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,182,622 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Among Britain's imperial wars, the campaigns in Afghanistan present some of the most vivid contrasts - of heroism and sacrifice, incompetence and folly, disastrous defeat and glorious victory. When the British invaded Afghanistan in 1878, forty years after the first attempt, it was to scotch Russian influence and to install a friendly government - an early example of 'regime change.' Precisely why it was fought, why it was necessary, who was responsible and what it achieved are among the basic questions explored in this definitive account. The disaster at Maiwand, the near-disaster at Ahmed Khel, the arrival of that grim figure, Abdurrahman, and the unsavoury business of the mass hangings at Kabul are carefully examined, using the original documents and contemporary diaries and accounts. In his research, Brian Robson found Sir Frederick Robert's copy of the suppressed official history, the only complete copy so far located. Disraeli, 'Chinese' Gordon, Lytton and Salisbury all appear. The military and political undertones of the fighting against the fiercely independent Pathan tribes still resonate today.
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The Indian Army, Oxford and a distinguished career in the Ministry of Defence form the background to Brian Robson's reputation as the leading historian of the Indian Army. Vice President of the society for Army Historical research and a founding member of the Imperial War Museum and National Army Museum. He is the author of numerous military history titles, including Crisis on the Frontier, also published by Spellmount.
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An interesting book. It tries, but fails, to present a balanced view and winds up being another tale told very much from the British side - of which we have too many for the whole era of colonialism. As an example, the chapter on 'the opposing forces' is actually a chapter about the British armies in India, with two paragraphs about the Afghan army tacked on. I think the author genuinely intended to do better, and I can understand that Afghan records were a little hard to come by, but a missed opportunity none the less.
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