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The road to Kabul : the second Afghan War, 1878-1881

Robson, Brian, 1926-2003

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Illustrated with contemporary photographs, this work documents the war in Afghanistan from 1878 to 1881. Based on first-hand official documents as well as private accounts, diaries and memoirs, the history is wide-ranging and authoritative. This book, illustrated with contemporary photographs, is the first full-scale treatment of the Second Afghan War for more than three-quarters of a century. - Forty years after the disastrous First Afghan War, the British found themselves invading Afghanistan again to remove Russian influence and install a government friendly to the British Empire. - The war was to last two and a half years, cost the lives of thousands of British and Indian soldiers as well as countless thousands of Afghans, and came close to bankrupting the Indian Government. - Illustrated with contemporary photographs and based on first-hand official documents as well as unpublished private accounts, diaries and privately-printed memoirs, this is the first full-scale treatment of the war for more than three-quarters of a century. - With appendices covering uniforms, medals, casualties and the units taking part in the war, this is a book that in scope, scholarship and authority is not likely to be superseded for many years to come.