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In 1839 forces of the British East India Company crossed the Indus to invade Afghanistan on the pretext of reinstating a former king Shah Soojah to his rightful throne. The reality was that this was another step in Britain's Great Game - Afghanistan would create a buffer to any potential Russian expansion towards India. This history traces the initial, campaign which would see the British easily occupy Kabul and the rebellion that two years later would see the British army humbled. Forced to negotiate a surrender the British fled Kabul en masse in the harsh Afghan winter. Decimated by Afghan guerilla attacks and by the harsh cold and a lack of food and supplies just one European - Dr Brydon would make it to the safety of Jalalabad five days later. This book goes on to trace the retribution attack on Kabul the following year, which destroyed the symbolic Mogul Bazaar before rapidly withdrawing and leaving Afghanistan in peace for nearly a generation.Product Identifiers
PublisherBloomsbury Publishing
ISBN-139781472813978
eBay Product ID (ePID)223173727
Product Key Features
Publication NameThe First Afghan War 1839-42: Invasion, Catastrophe and Retreat
SubjectHistory
Publication Year2016
SeriesCampaign
TypeTextbook
FormatPaperback
LanguageEnglish
AuthorRichard Macrory
Dimensions
Item Height248 mm
Item Weight311 g
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorRichard Macrory