Sitana

A Mountain Campaign on the Borders of Afghanistan in 1863-The British Raj and Tribesmen on the Northwestern Frontier O

Autor: Sir John Adye

Limbă:

Legare: Copertă tare

Editura: Leonaur Ltd

Disponibilitate: În depozitul extern

Expediem în 9-15 zile

152.89 lei

A small war on the burning border The North west frontier of India wa...

Informații despre carte

Autor

Sir John Adye

Limbă

engleză

Legare

Carte - Copertă tare

Publicat

2011

Pagini

100

EAN

9780857066398

ISBN

9780857066398

Enbook ID

07415575

Editura

Leonaur Ltd

Greutate

263

Dimensiuni

140 x 216 x 10

Descriere completă

A small war on the burning border The North west frontier of India was always a troubled one for the British Empire. It offered perfect terrain for defence and the opposite for offensive operations and control thereafter. As is common with all mountainous regions it bred men equal to the challenges of their homeland and this typically meant fierce tribesmen disinclined to accept domination from anybody. Of course, the Raj knew well the magnitude of the problem it perennially faced. It had suffered the disaster of the First Afghan War, there had also been many outbreaks by fractious tribesmen before this confrontation as there would be many more to come. The Sitana campaign, which is also known as the Afghan Frontier War, was a short war that took place in 1865 in a district that had never suffered incursions from the British before. This narrative was written by an eyewitness, an officer of artillery, and covers the entire conflict including the actions at Laloo, Umbeylah and Mulka. Adye's book is an interesting North West Frontier account of the early post Indian Mutiny period, it provides valuable insights into why the region remains troubled even in the 21st century, as well as a view of the difficulties of undertaking a military campaign within it. Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their spines and fabric head and tail bands.

S-ar putea să te intereseze

Clienții care au cumpărat această carte au mai cumpărat și

Cele mai căutate

Categories

Authors

Publishers

Produse

Produse

Cele mai căutate

Categories

Authors

Publishers

Produse

Produse

Sitana

A Mountain Campaign on the Borders of Afghanistan in 1863-The British Raj and Tribesmen on the Northwestern Frontier O

Informații despre carte

Descriere completă

S-ar putea să te intereseze

Clienții care au cumpărat această carte au mai cumpărat și