Story of the Malakand Field Force (eBook)

Winston Churchill (Autor)

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2012
304 Seiten
Dover Publications (Verlag)
978-0-486-17025-1 (ISBN)

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The great statesman was also a Nobel Prize–winning author. His first book chronicles an 1897 British military campaign against the tribes of the Northwest Frontier, in the vicinity of modern Pakistan and Afghanistan.

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In his first book, the renowned statesman and historian chronicles an 1897 British military campaign on the Northwest Frontier, in the vicinity of modern Pakistan and Afghanistan. Churchill served as a correspondent and cavalry officer in the conflict, and his incisive reportage reflects the energy and vision that re-emerged in his leadership during World War II.At the time of the clash, Churchill was serving as a subaltern in the 4th Hussars. Weary of regimental life, the young soldier drew upon family connections to find a place among the brigades headed for the frontier. There he participated in his first combat in the Mamund Valley, where British troops suppressed a revolt among the region's Pathan tribes. Churchill's series of letters to the London Daily Telegraph formed the basis for this book, which he declared "e;the most noteworthy act of my life,"e; reflecting "e;the chances of my possible success in the world."e; A century later, the towering historical figure's account of military action in this still-volatile region remains powerfully relevant.

Inhalt

I. The Theatre of WarII. The Malakand CampsIII. The OutbreakIV. The Attack on the MalakandV. The Relief of ChakdaraVI. The Defence of ChakdaraVII. The Gate of SwatVIII. The Advance against the MohmandsIX. ReconnaissanceX. The March to NawagaiXI. The Action of the Mamund Valley, 16th SeptemberXII. At Inayat KilaXIII. NawagaiXIV. Back to the Mamund ValleyXV. The Work of the CalvalryXVI. SubmissionXVII. Military ObservationsXVIII. AND LAST...The Riddle of the FrontierAPPENDIX

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 28.8.2012
• Reihe/Serie: Dover Military History, Weapons, Armor
• Sprache: englisch
• Maße: 140 x 140 mm
• Gewicht: 324 g
• Themenwelt: Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Geschichte / Politik ► Allgemeines / Lexika
• Themenwelt: Geschichte ► Teilgebiete der Geschichte ► Militärgeschichte
• Schlagworte: 1896 • 1898 • 1899 • 1930 • 19th century • Afghanistan • Afghanistan veterans • Boers • boer wars • books on afghanistan veterans • books on boer wars • books on british campaigns • books on british cavalries • books on british controls • books on chinese gordons • books on egyptian governments • books on famous tragedies • books on frontier wars • books on indian frontiers • books on lord randolphs • books on northwest frontiers • books on river traffics • books on river wars • books on social developments • books on strange voyages • Britain • British Army • british campaign • british cavalry • british control • British Empire • british officers • british political • british soldiers • cataracts • cavalry charges • cavalry officer • chinese gordon • churchills • Command • daring escape • dervishes • Egypt • egyptian border • egyptian government • egyptian natives • emirs • English Language • famous tragedies • fashoda • foreign policy • frontier war • gunboats • India • indian frontier • Khalifa • Khartoum • Kitchener • lancers • late 19th • late nineteenth • life lived • logistics • lord randolph • Mahdi • mahdist • malakand • maxim gun • military academy • military force • mohammedanism • moral honesty • Nile • Nineteenth century • Nobel prize • North Africa • northern sudan • northwest frontier • Omdurman • Pakistan • paralyses • period piece • political career • Polo • Prime minister • Radical Islam • Railroad • rebellious tribes • reconquest • river traffic • river war • Russia • sandhurst • social development • soudan • South Africa • Statesman • strange voyage • subaltern • sudanese arab • tribesmen • war correspondent • wartime • world leaders • World Wars
• ISBN-10: 0-486-17025-X / 048617025X
• ISBN-13: 978-0-486-17025-1 / 9780486170251