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The First Anglo-Afghan Wars: a reader

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Introduction: The Anglo-Afghan Wars in historical perspective -- Strategic interests on the road to Kabul -- A sketch of the military and political power of Russia (1817)/ Robert Wilson -- Journey to the North of India (1838)/ Arthur Conolly -- The court and camp of Runjit Sing …

The First Anglo-Afghan Wars: a reader

by Bacevich, Andrew J., Burton, Antoinette M.

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Designed for classroom use, The First Anglo-Afghan Wars gathers in one volume primary source materials related to the first two wars that Great Britain launched against native leaders of the Afghan region. From 1839 to 1842, and again from 1878 to 1880, Britain fought to expand …

On Afghanistan's plains: the story of Britain's Afghan wars

by Stewart, Jules

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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 …

On Afghanistan's plains: the story of Britain's Afghan Wars

by Stewart, Jules

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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 Anglo-Afghan Wars 1839-1919

by Fremont-Barnes, Gregory

fromEssential histories (Osprey Publishing)

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During the 19th century, Britain entered into three brutal wars with Afghanistan, each one saw the British trying and failing to gain control of a warlike and impenetrable territory. The first two wars (1839-42 and 1878-81) were wars of the Great Game; the British Empire's attem…