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Indian Frontier Warfare - The Military Methods of the British Empire on the Sub-Continent 1878-1900 (Paperback)
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Indian Frontier Warfare - The Military Methods of the British Empire on the Sub-Continent 1878-1900 (Paperback)
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Loot Price R429
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The tactics of the British military during the era of 'the Great
Game'
By the end of the Indian Mutiny of 1857, the British Empire had
secured the Indian sub-continent as the most significant jewel in
the imperial crown. It is in the nature of empires that having
expanded to their geographical limits, they must then turn their
efforts to the consolidation and security of all they have won.
Naturally, for the British at that time, it was upon India's
frontiers-beyond the limits of perpetual imperial control and
power-that the order of the the 'Raj' was most regularly
threatened, tested and compromised. The British and Indian armies
campaigned and fought their most significant engagements from the
last decades of the 19th century to the outbreak of the First World
War in the jungles of the east and most especially in Afghanistan
and the tribal regions of the North-West Frontier. The warlike
peoples of India's frontiers proved perennially troublesome,
enabling the British by constant engagement to become masters of
the art of colonial warfare. This book, written by an acknowledged
expert, examines the business of Asiatic warfare as the British
knew it during the later 19th century. It will be an invaluable
resource for everyone interested in the period and for those
interested in understanding the difficulties that these regions and
their native peoples pose in the conflicts to the present day. Each
branch of the late Victorian British and Indian armies is appraised
and considered in turn and examples of its greatest achievements
and errors are analysed by Younghusband. Many of these actions
occurred during the Second Afghan War-and other tribal conflicts-of
the mountainous north-western region, but the military methods
employed in the campaigns in Assam and Burma are also evaluated. A
vital book for all those who wish to understand the finely tuned
and efficient military machine the colonial period British army
became.
Leonaur editions are newly typeset and are not facsimiles; each
title is available in softcover and hardback with dustjacket; our
hardbacks are cloth bound and feature gold foil lettering on their
spines and fabric head and tail bands.
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