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Chargement... Churchill's First War: Young Winston and the Fight Against the Taliban (2013)par Con Coughlin
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"Just over a century ago British troops were fighting a vicious frontier war against Pashtun tribeman on the North West Frontier--the 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 Churchill's 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 journalist's 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--as well as the twentieth-century man who reunited a war-torn world"-- Aucune description trouvée dans une bibliothèque |
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This well written, very readable account is a good background read when considering what is going on in Afghanistan today.
The early chapters explain the Churchill family circumstances that led Winston Churchill to volunteer for service in Afghanistan. Then the history of the British involvement in the region is discussed. Then Churchill’s actual participation with the Malakand Field Force is covered. Churchill was twenty-one years old at the time (1897) and this operation, and his subsequent writing about it, was the basis of the reputation that led to his later political successes.
An excellent read for anyone interested in Churchill’s career and/or the troubled Afghan region. ( )