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Author : Robert Wilkinson-Latham
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (464 download)
Download or read book North-West Frontier 1837-1947 written by Robert Wilkinson-Latham and published by . This book was released on 1977 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert Wilkinson-Latham
Publisher : Osprey Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780850452754
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (527 download)
Download or read book North-West Frontier 1837–1947 written by Robert Wilkinson-Latham and published by Osprey Publishing. This book was released on 1977-12-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over a hundred years British and Indian troops were engaged on the North-West Frontier of India, policing the tribes, mounting expeditions, and guarding against the ever-present threat from Russia. Populated mainly by Pathans, one of the fiercest warrior races on earth, the Frontier came to be known as "The Grim" by generations of British soldiers. This book details not only the three Afghan wars but also the issues surrounding Chitral, Malakand and Tirah. Color illustrations and photographs offer a rare glimpse into life on the Frontier, illuminating Lord Curzon's remark, "No man who has read a page of Indian history will ever prophesy about the frontier."
Author : Dr Jules Stewart
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752495585
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)
Download or read book The Khyber Rifles written by Dr Jules Stewart and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2006-06-22 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recruited from the Pathan tribes that live in the no-mans land between Pakistan and Afghanistan, the Khyber Rifles fought for the British Raj against their own kith and kin. Jules Stewart tells the story of Colonel Sir Robert Warburton, the man who raised the Khyber Rifles in 1878, and describes the Khyber Rifles in action.
Author : Daniel Mersey
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472815025
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)
Download or read book The Men Who Would Be Kings written by Daniel Mersey and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-22 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Men Who Would Be Kings is a set of rules designed for fighting historical or Hollywood colonial battles in the mid to late 19th Century, from the Indian Mutiny to the Boxer Rebellion. Large scale colonial clashes tended to be one-sided affairs, but there are countless reports of brief, frantic skirmishes in every colonial war, where either side could be victorious, and these are the battles that The Men Who Would Be Kings seeks to recreate. Although focusing on the British colonial wars against the Zulus, Maoris and others, these rules will also permit players to explore the empires of France, Germany, and other nations, as well as allowing for battles between rival native factions. Gameplay is very simple, and is driven by the quality of the officers leading your units, in the true spirit of Victorian derring-do and adventure, where larger than life characters such as the (real) Fred Burnaby and the (fictional) Harry Flashman led their troops to glory and medals or a horrible end at the point of a spear tip.
Author : Michael Barthorp
Publisher : Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN 13 : 9780304362943
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (629 download)
Download or read book Afghan Wars and the North-West Frontier, 1839-1947 written by Michael Barthorp and published by Weidenfeld & Nicolson. This book was released on 2002 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the 1830s to Indian independence in 1947, British soldiers fought constant wars with the most implacable guerrilla-fighters in history. The Afghan mountain tribes were fiercely independent. For generations they had plundered the north Indian plain, until the British took charge and alternated between paying them subsidies (bribes to cease their raiding) and launching punitive military expeditions to teach them manners. It was a strange war fought to its own rules. Neither side took prisoners. Yet a grudging respect for the enemy and a concern to stick by unwritten codes of conduct governed this 100-year war. Immortalized by Kipling, the British Army in India fought along the frontier until the withdrawal from the sub-continent in 1947. Michael Barthorp tells the story in a vivid style.
Author : Stuart Reid
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1780963602
Total Pages : 85 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (89 download)
Download or read book Armies of the East India Company 1750–1850 written by Stuart Reid and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2012-01-20 with total page 85 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contrary to popular belief, the capture of India was not accomplished by the British Army, but by the private armies of the East India Company, which grew in size to become larger than that of any European sovereign state. This is the history of its army, examining the many conflicts they fought, their equipment and training, with its regiments of horse, foot and guns, which rivalled those of most European powers. The development of their uniforms, which combined traditional Indian and British dress, is illustrated in detail in this colourful account of the private band of adventurers that successfully captured the jewel of the British Empire.
Author : Andrew M. Roe
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Waging War in Waziristan written by Andrew M. Roe and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A career soldier with on-the-ground experience presents a gripping history of the imperial British experience in Waziristan, a remote area of Pakistan. Distills the hard-earned British experience and offers some potentially useful lessons for the West and its current troubles in the same region--once described as the "epicenter of terrorism" and reputedly the hiding place of Osama bin Laden.
Author : Christian P. Potholm
Publisher : UPA
ISBN 13 : 0761867740
Total Pages : 720 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (618 download)
Download or read book Understanding War written by Christian P. Potholm and published by UPA. This book was released on 2016-08-03 with total page 720 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The third book in Professor Christian Potholm’s war trilogy (which includes Winning at War and War Wisdom), Understanding War provides a most workable bibliography dealing with the vast literature on war and warfare. As such, it provides insights into over 3000 works on this overwhelmingly extensive material. Understanding War is thus the most comprehensive annotated bibliography available today. Moreover, by dividing war material into eighteen overarching themes of analysis and fifty seminal topics, and focusing on these, Understanding War enables the reader to access and understand the broadest possible array of materials across both time and space, beginning with the earliest forms of warfare and concluding with the contemporary situation. Stimulating and thought-provoking, this volume is essential for an understanding of the breadth and depth of the vast scholarship dealing with war and warfare through human history and across cultures.
Author : Bernd Horn
Publisher : Dundurn
ISBN 13 : 145970164X
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (597 download)
Download or read book No Easy Task written by Bernd Horn and published by Dundurn. This book was released on 2012-03-10 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays explores how fighting in the rugged, hostile lands of Afghanistan is no easy task. Afghanistan has long been considered the graveyard of empires. Throughout their history, Afghans have endured the ravages of foreign invaders, from marauding hordes and imperial armies to global superpowers, while demonstrating a fierce independence and strong resistance to outside occupiers. Those who have ventured into Afghanistan with notions of controlling its people have soon discovered that fighting in that rugged, hostile land is no easy task. Afghans have proven to be tenacious and unrelenting foes. No Easy Task examines this legacy of conflict, particularly from a Canadian perspective. What emerges is the difficulty faced by foreign forces attempting to impose their will over Afghans who, for their part, have consistently adapted tactics and strategies to stymie and defeat those they perceive as invaders and interlopers. It is within this complexity and challenge that the difficult counter-insurgency must be fought.
Author : Craig Cartmell
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472806611
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (728 download)
Download or read book Sleeping Dragon, Rising Sun written by Craig Cartmell and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2014-06-20 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: China, the greatest empire the world had ever known, is weak and divided after a series of humiliating defeats in the Opium Wars, and the divine Empress' court harbours many who deeply resent the westerners who inflicted and now take advantage of these losses. Japan, on the other hand, has embraced the West with open arms. After centuries of isolation the Japanese now march forwards and accept technologies that, a few decades before, would have been regarded as witchcraft. Possessed of the East's most modern army, Japan now looks avariciously towards its neighbours. The next decade will decide whether the ancient empires of the East survive or are washed away, and every one of the Great Powers wants their slice.
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Author : Alexander Mikaberidze
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN 13 : 1598843370
Total Pages : 1143 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (988 download)
Download or read book Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World [2 volumes] [2 volumes] written by Alexander Mikaberidze and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2011-07-22 with total page 1143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A reference work that thoroughly documents the extensive military history of the Islamic world between the 7th century and the present day. Military-political conflict—and the resulting factionalism, shifts in leadership, and divergent belief systems—has been a constant and crucial part of the Islamic world. In order to fully grasp the cultural, social, or political aspects of Islam in the modern world, it is necessary to comprehend the rich tapestry of Islamic history from pre-Islamic times to the present, much of which involved armed conflict. Conflict and Conquest in the Islamic World: A Historical Encyclopedia provides hundreds of entries on wars, revolutions, sieges, institutions, leaders, armies, weapons, and other aspects of wars and military life, enabling readers to understand the complex role conflict has played in Islamic life throughout history and see how Islamic warfare has evolved over the centuries. This reference work covers not only the traditional Middle Eastern regions and countries but also provides relevant historical information regarding Islam in North Africa, Central Asia, Southeastern Asia, and Oceania.
Author : Cuthbert Collin DAVIES
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (559 download)
Download or read book The North-West Frontier, 1843-1918 written by Cuthbert Collin DAVIES and published by . This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Raṇabīra Samāddāra
Publisher : Orient Blackswan
ISBN 13 : 9788125022091
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (22 download)
Download or read book Space, Territory, and the State written by Raṇabīra Samāddāra and published by Orient Blackswan. This book was released on 2002 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays addresses the neglected issues of space, border and statelessness in international politics and contributes a much needed view from the South . Importantly, it asserts that chasms created by borders (including those between India and Pakistan) can be bridged by dialogue, a little analysed tool in international relations.
Author : Avinash C. Maheshwary
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book A Catalog of the Louis and Nancy H. Dupree Collection written by Avinash C. Maheshwary and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (31 download)
Download or read book National Union Catalog written by and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes entries for maps and atlases.
Author : Arthur Swinson
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Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (164 download)
Download or read book North-West Frontier written by Arthur Swinson and published by . This book was released on 1967 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Steve Coll
Publisher : Penguin UK
ISBN 13 : 0141935790
Total Pages : 736 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (419 download)
Download or read book Ghost Wars written by Steve Coll and published by Penguin UK. This book was released on 2005-03-03 with total page 736 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The news-breaking book that has sent schockwaves through the White House, Ghost Wars is the most accurate and revealing account yet of the CIA's secret involvement in al-Qaeada's evolution. Prize-winning journalist Steve Coll has spent years reporting from the Middle East, accessed previously classified government files and interviewed senior US officials and foreign spymasters. Here he gives the full inside story of the CIA's covert funding of an Islamic jihad against Soviet forces in Afghanistan, explores how this sowed the seeds of bn Laden's rise, traces how he built his global network and brings to life the dramatic battles within the US government over national security. Above all, he lays bare American intelligence's continual failure to grasp the rising threat of terrrorism in the years leading to 9/11 - and its devastating consequences.
