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 as far as the early nineteenth century. Aiming to protect the British territories in 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1848857179
• ISBN13: 9781848857179
• Release Date: August 2011
• Publisher: I. B. Tauris & Company
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"