On Afghanistans Plains - The Story of Britains Afghan Wars Stewart JulesPaperback / softback
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 more than 170…
Specifikacia On Afghanistans Plains - The Story of Britains Afghan Wars Stewart JulesPaperback / softback
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 more than 170 years. During the 19th century, the days of the Great Game rivalry in Central Asia, the British feared that if Russia were to gain a foothold in Afghanistan it would either overwhelm and overpower the Afghan army, or conspire with the holder of the Kabul throne, enabling Tsarist troops to march across Afghanistan's barren wastelands and invade India, the prized jewel in the British Empire.The first of the Anglo-Afghan wars arose in an attempt to depose the Afghan emir, Dost Mohammed, who was falsely believed to be conniving with St. Petersburg, with the Army of the Indus launching its invasion in 1838 and dispatching large numbers of soldiers after the supposed threat - Persia's