Churchills First War Young Winston and the Fight Against the Taliban Con Coughlin

Churchills First War Young Winston and the Fight Against the Taliban

Author: Con Coughlin        

Publisher: Macmillian       

Edition: First 2013

ISBN: 978-0-230-76888-8

Language: English 

Condition: Good. Clean copy with tight binding.  Some foxing 

Binding: Softcover 

Pages: 298. Print with images          

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A fascinating account of Winston Churchill's early military career fighting in the 1890 Afghan campaign, offering fresh and revealing parallels into today's war in Afghanistan

Just over a century ago British troops were fighting a vicious frontier war against Pashtun tribeman on the North West Frontierthe great-great-grandfathers of the Taliban and tribal insurgents in modern-day Afghanistan. Winston Churchill, then a young cavalry lieutenant, wrote a vivid account of what he saw during his first major campaign. The Story of the Malakand Field Force, published in 1898, was Churchills first book and, a hundred years later, is required reading for military commanders on the ground, both British and American.

In Churchill's First War, acclaimed author and foreign correspondent, Con Coughlin tells the story of that campaign, a story of high adventure and imperial success, which contains many lessons and warnings for today. Combining historical narrative, interviews with contemporary key players, and the journalists eye for great color and analysis, Churchill's First War affords us a rare insight into both the nineteenth-century "Great Game" and the twenty-first-century conflict that has raged longer than World War II. Please note that we refer the right to close our auctions at any time.

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