Crisis on the frontier : the third Afghan war and the campaign in Waziristan, 1919-1920 / by Brian Robson
- Bib ID:
- 3548022
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- Book
- Author:
- Robson, Brian
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- Description:
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- Staplehurst : Spellmount, 2004
- xviii, 318 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 1862272115
- Summary:
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"In the aftermath of the First World War, the Afghan invasion of India in May 1919, and the subsequent fighting along the length of the North West Frontier, aroused little attention outside India, even though it ultimately involved more than 350,000 men. And it has since attracted little scholarly attention. Yet it deployed in India for the first time the full range of modern military technology." "Using original documents from the India Office and contemporary accounts, Brian Robson has written the definitive account, including the subsequent campaign in Waziristan, the most critical ever fought on the frontier." "The proposal to use poison gas against the tribesmen, and the arrival of the aeroplane as a major factor in Frontier operations, as well as the dramatic bombing of Kabul, are among the issues explored. Crisis on the Frontier is illustrated with maps and contemporary photographs."--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Machine derived contents note: List of Maps vii
- Preface ix
- Introduction xi
- Glossary and Abbreviations xvii
- PART ONE - The Third Afghan War
- I An Uneasy Peace: Anglo-Afghan Relations:
- 1881-1919 3
- II The Battlefield and the Antagonists 21
- III The Invasion of Chitral: May-July 1919 31
- IV Operations in the Khyber: 6-12 May 1919 43
- V The Occupation of Dakka: 13 May-8 August
- 1919 55
- Annex: The Baldwin Affair 67
- VI Continuing Operations through the Khyber:
- 17 May-8 August 1919 75
- VII Operations against the Afridis and Mohmands:
- 13 May-13 September 1919 83
- VIII The Kurram 95
- IX Operations in Baluchistan 109
- X Operations in the Zhob 117
- XI Peacemaking 127
- Annex A: Treaty of Rawalpindi, 8 August 1919 137
- Annex B: Grant's letter, 8 August 1919 138
- XII Reflections 141
- PART TWO - Waziristan
- XIII The Land and the People 149
- XIV The British and Waziristan: 1849-1919 155
- XV Events in Waziristan: April-November 1919 165
- XVI Operations in the Tochi Valley: November 1919 179
- XVII Operations against the Mahsuds:
- Opening Moves 183
- XVIII Crisis and Reorganisation 197
- XIX The Second Phase 207
- XX The Barari Tangi 215
- XXI The Advance to Makin 221
- XXII The Climax of the Campaign 229
- XXIII The New Policy in Operation:
- Waziristan 1920-47 235
- XXIV Reflections 255
- Maps 267
- Appendix 1: Major Units involved in the Third Afghan
- War and Waziristan 1919-20 281
- Appendix 2: Outline order of battle, 6 May 1919 287
- Appendix 3: Composition of forces in Waziristan,
- November 1919 293
- Appendix 4: Campaign medals and VCs 297
- Biographical Notes 299
- Bibliography 305
- Index 311.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 305-309) and index.
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