Crisis on the Frontier
The Third Afghan War and the Campaign in Waziristan 1919-20
Brian Robson(Author)
Spellmount Publishers Ltd
Will be published approx. on 1. September 2003
Book
Hardback
328 pages
978-1-86227-211-8 (ISBN)
Description
This is a study of the little known Third Anglo-Afghan War and the subsequent campaign in Waziristan. It is based on original official and private papers backed up by contemporary photographs and specially drawn maps. The British deployed virtually the full panopoly of military technology - artillery, machine guns, trench mortars, armoured cars, mechanical transport and aircraft and when the Indian infantry proved unable to cope with the tribesmen, there were even calls for use of poison gas. Yet in the end it all down to the infantry with rifle, bayonet and grenade and the book gives tales of sacrifice and gallantry as well panic where generals jostled with soldiers in a panic to find a way out. The author brings out the vital nature of the RAF's contribution and of the gallantry of the pilots flying obsolescent and unreliable aircrat over difficult mountaineous terrain in hot weather and with the raid on Kabul, strategic bombing could be said to have arrived.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Stroud
United Kingdom
Publishing group
The History Press Ltd
Illustrations
16 b&w photographs, 14 maps, appendices, bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 156 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-86227-211-8 (9781862272118)
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Schweitzer Classification