Churchill's First War
13 February 2014Synopsis
Over a century ago, a young cavalry lieutenant wrote a riveting account of what he saw during his first major campaign, a vicious war against tribal insurgents on the North-West Frontier. Winston Churchill's The Story of the Malakand Field Force, published in 1898, made his reputation as a writer - and as a soldier. More than 120 years later it...
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13 February 2014
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‘Vividly captures Churchill’s absolute single-mindedness.’ Spectator
‘Persuasively written and well-balanced in its emphasis, it provides an intriguing introduction to the present crisis in Afghanistan through the exploits of the region’s most famous combatant’ Sunday Times
‘As Con Coughlin reveals in an intriguing and exciting study, the story of Churchill’s tussles with the ancestors of today’s Taliban is one of high adventure’ Scotsman
