On Afghanistan's Plains: The Story of Britain's Afghan Wars

by Jules Stewart

Book Overview

Britain's military involvement in Afghanistan is a contentious subject, yet it is often forgotten that the current conflict is in fact the fourth in a string of such wars dating back more than 170 years. Aiming to protect British India from the expanding Russian empire, the British fought a series of conflicts on Afghan territory between 1838 and 1919. The Anglo-Afghan wars of the 19th and early 20th centuries were ill-conceived and led to some of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1788314166
• ISBN13: 9781788314169
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 0.95 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 5.3" x 8.4"