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The Story of the Malakand Field Force An Episode of Frontier War by Winston S. Churchill In his first book, the renowned statesman and historian chronicles an 1897 British military campaign on the Northwest Frontier, in the vicinity of modern Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The Malakand Field Force had an immediate and wide success. The reviewers, though sarcastic about the misprints, etc., vied with each other in praise. When the first bundle of reviews reached me [in India] together with the volume as published, I was filled with pride and pleasure at the compliments, and consternated about the blunders.
7 de abr. de 2006 · While I was attached to the Malakand Field Force I wrote a series of letters for the London Daily Telegraph. The favourable manner in which these letters were received, encouraged me to attempt a more substantial work. This volume is the result. -Sir Winston S. Churchill
- Sir Winston S. Churchill
In 1897, a young and untested cavalry lieutenant named Winston Churchill, more than a little keen to see action, got himself attached as a press correspondent to an expeditionary force newly formed to restore order on the North West Frontier of India. His dispatches to the London Daily Telegraph were later expanded into this audiobook.
The Story of the Malakand Field Force (sous-titré An Episode of Frontier War) est un livre écrit en 1898 par Winston Churchill, dont c'est la première œuvre. Il faudra attendre 2012 pour qu'en soit publiée une édition en français, traduite par John Le Terrier : Il est édité en français sous le titre La Guerre du Malakand 1 .
This eBook edition of "The Story of the Malakand Field Force" has been formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. The Story of the Malakand Field Force is a historical account written by Winston Churchill and it describes a military campaign by the British army on the North West Frontier (now western Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan) in 1897, and ...
24 de mar. de 2018 · Editor’s note: Here follows the Preface and first chapter of The Story of the Malakand Field Force: An Episode of Frontier War, by Winston S. Churchill (published 1898). All spelling in the original. Preface On general grounds I deprecate prefaces. I have always thought that if an author cannot make friends with the reader, and explain his objects, in two or three hundred pages, he is not ...
