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Dust of Glory: The First Anglo-Afghan War 1839-1842, its Causes and Course (From Musket to Maxim 1815-1914) - Softcover
- PublisherHelion and Company
- Publication date2021
- ISBN 10 1914059336
- ISBN 13 9781914059339
- BindingPaperback
- LanguageEnglish
- Number of pages428
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Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. Dust of Glory sets out the multiple causes of the First Anglo-Afghan War; the initial British aims for honour and glory and its end in a humiliating British defeat. The Russian sponsored attack by the Shah of Persia on Herat, was the latest move in the long running tournament for predominant influence in Central Asia called the Great Game. Its proximity to India could not be tolerated as it threatened British designs for the expansion of trade along the Indus valley. Urged on by hawkish secretaries, hoodwinked by the wily Maharaja of Punjab and prompted by his political masters in London, the ostensibly peaceful Governor-General of India, Lord Auckland, ordered the assembly of a vast army to counter the Persian move. The opportunity was also to be used to replace Shah Shuja back on his ancestral throne of Afghanistan. At the eleventh hour, Persia withdrew from its failed attack and to many a sage observer, Lord Auckland should have ordered his army back to barracks. Instead, an army of 10,000 soldiers, 50,000 transport animals and 30,000 camp followers, advance in December 1839 for the single purpose of regime change. From the very first blare of bugles and the cracking of whips, this glorious army was to prove that the path to Hell is paved with good intentions. In Dust of Glory the author explores the causes of the First Anglo-Afghan War and describes its course gleaned from a multitude of sources supported by sixteen sketch maps of key actions. No lessons were learnt as five more conflicts were to follow in this country that only produces fruit, nuts and opium. AUTHOR: The Author was born in the Punjab, close to the border with Afghanistan. He left India with his parents after Partition. He finished his education at the Jesuit College of Mount St Mary's in Yorkshire. After National Service, he elected to proceed to the Royal Academy, Sandhurst and was commissioned into the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. ON completion of a course at the Staff College in Camberley, he was assigned to a staff appointment in Singapore. He was then seconded to the 10th Gurkha Rifles and served with them in Borneo. In 1969 he applied for early retirement and worked for a Chinese trading company in Taiwan for the next thirty years. He now lives with his wife in retirement in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire. He also the author of 'Bright Eyes of Danger', an account of the Anglo-Sikh wars. Sets out the multiple causes of the First Anglo-Afghan War; the initial British aims for honour and glory and its end in a humiliating British defeat. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9781914059339
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