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Using research from contemporary letters, dispatches, and journals, author
Patrick Macrory provides a gripping account of what is known as the First Afghan War.
The war was Britain's folly: at the height of its power in India, Britain sought to create stability in the subcontinent—and prevent Russian and Persian encroachments—by removing a colorful and popular leader from the Afghan throne and replacing him with the unpopular, though legitimate, king.
The experiment ended with a British resident in Kabul butchered by an angry mob, a British envoy shot by an Afghan leader during a discussion—his dismembered corpse hung in the Kabul bazaar—and the ill-fated retreat of the British, which resulted in the death of 16,000 people.
Retreat From Kabul is the compelling and gruesome story of how the world's greatest military power learned a bloody and previously unimagined lesson by underestimating the Afghan' iron resistance to foreign invasion and intrigue. It is a tale of heroism in the face of unspeakable brutality, of diplomatic folly, of great sacrifice, and of terrible tragedy. It is an entrancing look at what happens when cultures collide.
About the Author
Sir Patrick MacRory, son of a colonel, was educated at Cheltenham College and Trinity College, Oxford. While pursuing a successful business career he devoted his weekends and evenings to writing. His first book, Borderline, was published in 1937. This was followed by a number of best-selling military histories. His others books include The Siege of Derry (1980), and Days That Are Gone, a memoir of his Ulster childhood (1983). He died in 1993.
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- PublisherLyons Pr
- Publication date2002
- ISBN 10 1585745790
- ISBN 13 9781585745791
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Edition number1
- Number of pages288
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